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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:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2002
Kiyokazu Ikeya, Shizuoka, JP;
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A socket ( ) has a base ( ) on which rows of contact pins are arranged, the contact pins being elastically deformable in the vertical direction, an adaptor ( ) having rows of contact holes ( ) arranged extending through a seating surface ( ) and which is capable of vertical movement relative to the base ( ) so that contact tips ( ) of contact pins ( ) can move in respective contact holes ( ). Latches ( ) are arranged to be able to press the IC package on the seating surface ( ) of the adaptor ( ) and a vertically movable regulator ( ) is arranged at a selected position relative to adaptor ( ) when stop surfaces ( ) of the regulator are engaged with a part ( ) of the contact pins ( ) so as to regulate the position of the contact tips ( ) in the contact holes ( ).
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