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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Glick, South Bend, IN (US);
Valts Treibergs, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Assignee:
Wells-CTI, Inc., South Bend, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
Abstract
An integrated circuit test socket is provided with contact holders which support torsion spring contacts in the socket. Each contact includes a length of wire which includes a wound portion with a pair of arms extending from opposite ends of the wound portion. One of the arms terminates in a portion engaging a corresponding terminal on an integrated circuit undergoing test, and the other arm includes a portion extending through a corresponding aperture in the socket to make electrical contact with a conductor of a circuit board.