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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:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rolf A Konstad, Gold River, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439342 ;
Abstract
A low-profile zero-insertion socket includes a plurality of resilient contacts mounted directly into the motherboard. The socket has a support plate slidingly attached to the motherboard and including a plurality of through apertures formed to receive the pins of a microprocessor package. A low-profile eccentric cam actuator, rotationally coupled to the motherboard, is provided for moving the support plate that bears the microprocessor to and from a position where the microprocessor pins engage the resilient contacts.