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Connector for integrated circuit chip

  • US 6,027,376 A
  • Filed: 03/03/1998
  • Issued: 02/22/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrical connector for effecting an electrical connection between an integrated circuit and a second, mating electrical connector, comprising:

  • a connector housing having a nest portion for receiving said integrated circuit therein and an engagement portion for engaging said second, mating electrical connector, said connector housing including at least one passage extending therethrough;

    a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in said passage and extending between said nest portion and said engagement portion, said terminals having distinct first and second contact portions and a body portion for retaining said terminals within said housing and located between said first and second contact portions, each said first contact portion including a contact spring that springingly engages a lead of said integrated circuit upon insertion of said integrated circuit into said nest portion and each said second contact portion including a contact blade for engaging a mating terminal of said second mating electrical connector upon mating said first and second electrical connectors, one of said terminals having only a single contact spring, a pair of spaced apart, generally parallel contact blades and a body portion substantially wider than the body portions of others of said terminals whereby an electrical circuit may be established between a single one of said leads of the integrated circuit and a pair of the mating terminals of the second electrical connector.

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