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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
May. 16, 2007
Shinsaku Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Kajinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinsaku Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Kajinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Tyco Electronics AMP K.K, Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an IC socket for an IC package having plural pads disposed in a matrix manner on the lower face thereof, on which the IC package can be loaded with a small number of operations, and after the loading, the electrical connection between the pads and contacts can be ensured. The IC socket includes: a load support member having both side walls each provided with guide grooves having cam surfaces; a pressure application cover changing position between a load position which applies load to an IC package thereby pressing the pads against elastic contacts and a no-load position, and having nail sections sliding along the cam surfaces in the guide grooves; a lever including a crankshaft section causing the nail sections to slide along the cam surfaces in the guide grooves thereby causing the pressure application cover to change position between the load position and the no-load position.