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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. 27, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt H Petersen, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 71 ; 439266 ; 439331 ;
Abstract
A burn-in socket for land grid array devices or ball grid array devices includes a receptacle having an array of terminals for accepting and contacting the device and an outer shell which is actuated by rotation of the shell to capture the device and provide a force to ensure electrical contact between the device and the terminals.