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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Hidenori Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tyco Electronics Japan G. K., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An integrated circuit socket includes an insulating housing having a plurality of contact openings arranged in rows and a recess that receives an integrated circuit package. A plurality of contacts arranged in a first contact group and a second contact group in the insulating housing. Each of the contacts has a flat plate fixing member fixed in the contact opening, a connecting member extending from a lower portion of the fixing member, and a spring member extending diagonally upward from an upper portion of the fixing member. The spring member has a contact member extending into the recess. The contacts are arranged in the contact openings such that the spring members are arranged at an angle offset from a direction of arrangement of the rows and the spring arms of the first contact group are arranged in a direction opposing the spring arms of the second contact group.