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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2000
Hiroshi Shirai, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoo Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shintaro Abe, Chiba, JP;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A compact ZIF type socket is provided having the durability to withstand numerous movements of the slider. The ZIF type IC socket consists of a base housing assembly that accommodates numerous contacts, and a cover housing assembly that can slide over the base housing assembly . The cover housing assembly is caused to move in relative terms by inserting a plate-form tool into tool insertion holes and respectively formed in a metal supporting plate on the side of the base housing assembly and a metal supporting plate on the side of the cover housing assembly , and rotating this tool . The action points of the tool insertion holes and contacted by the tool are formed as circular-arc-form projections and . Accordingly, the force of the tool can be transmitted to the base housing assembly and cover housing assembly without causing indentation or damage, etc., of the tool insertion holes and , so that a highly durable ZIF type socket can be obtained.