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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazumi Uratsuji, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaichi Electronics Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 71 ; 439330 ;
Abstract
An IC socket including a socket body and an IC receiving portion formed in the socket body and having an open top at an upper surface of the socket body and an open bottom at a lower surface thereof, the IC being loaded into the IC receiving portion through the open bottom, the improvement comprising a lifter for lifting the IC into a raised-position within the IC receiving portion, contacts arranged on the socket body so as to be pressure contacted with contacting elements of the IC by a lifting force of the lifter applied to the IC, and engagement means for engaging the lifter so that the IC is held in the raised-position.