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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:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1994
Kurt C Hetzel, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jeffery A Farnsworth, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Patrick H Harper, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Precision Connector Designs, Inc., Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
An aligning socket for an IC that provides an aligning bar that aligns and secures IC leads to the corresponding socket contacts (6), and where the bar has extensions or ears (42) that extend toward the row of IC leads (38). The ears have chamfered edges that, as the bar is forced toward the IC leads, guide the IC leads to mate with the socket contacts. For more fragile gull-winged leads, a rail 18 is provided to support the under side of the leads and the alignment bar ears are designed to fit over the ends of the rail. When the bar and socket contacts are forced toward the IC leads, the bar ears overlap the ends of the rail and force any mis-aligned IC leads to move such that alignment of the leads and the socket contacts is achieved.