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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:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2000
Yasushi Hibino, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideyuki Takahashi, Gotenba, JP;
Toyokazu Ezura, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyokazu Ikeya, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Ochiai, Tokyo, JP;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A socket (,) includes a body (,) and a cover (,). Body (,) has a base (,) having a horizontally movable slide (,) thereon on which a BGA package can be mounted and a plurality of contact members (,) arranged on base (,) corresponding to a pattern of solder balls of the BGA package. Each of contact members (,) has a pair of spring arms (,) which can be opened and closed in response to movement of slide (,). In one embodiment, a cover (,) is vertically movable relative to body (,). The cover (,) has motion transfer portions (,) having a wedge shape which are engageable with tapered force receiving portions (,) of slide(,). As cover (,) is pushed down, engagement surfaces (,) of motion transfer portions (,) engage force receiving surfaces (,) of slide (,) and slide (,) moves so that arms (,) of contact members (,) are opened. In another embodiment, the motion transfer parts (,) are provided on a head (,) which has an air suction holder for a BGA package.
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