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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1993
Arkadiy Y Golubchik, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Donald K Harper, Jr, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Michael F Laub, Etters, PA (US);
David W McMullen, Hershey, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The contacts extending from the four sides of a flat-pack are releasably held against corresponding contacts extending from the sides of a socket for the flat-pack, by means of a cover comprising four arms pivotally mounted on the socket each near one of its four corners; by pivoting the arms downwardly against the tops of the flat-pack contacts, these contacts are pressed against, and held in positive contact with, the underlying socket contacts, and by pivoting the arms upwardly, the flat-pack can be released for removal and subsequent replacement. In addition, the cover is usefully mounted in position on the flat-pack even when the flat-pack is free of the socket, in which use it serves to protect the leads of the flat-pack in handling and during storage, for example.