Abstract: A socket for an electrical part is provided with a socket body for accommodating an electrical part and a guide member is provided for the socket body so as to guide side surfaces of a body of the electrical part at the time of the accommodation thereof. The socket body is formed with a number of contact pins so as to be contacted to or separated from an electrode as a terminal of the electrical part. The guide member includes a plurality of guide portions, at least one of the guide portions being disposed so as to correspond to each of all the side surfaces of the electrical part body, respectively, and each of the guide portions has an elastic portion for elastically pressing inward the side surfaces.

Abstract: A socket for an electrical part is provided with a socket body for accommodating an electrical part and a guide member is provided for the socket body so as to guide side surfaces of a body of the electrical part at the time of the accommodation thereof. The socket body is formed with a number of contact pins so as to be contacted to or separated from an electrode as a terminal of the electrical part. The guide member includes a plurality of guide portions, at least one of the guide portions being disposed so as to correspond to each of all the side surfaces of the electrical part body, respectively, and each of the guide portions has an elastic portion for elastically pressing inward the side surfaces.

Abstract: In an IC socket, a pressure cover is disposed to be rotatable so as to be opened or closed with respect to a socket body, so that when the pressure cover is closed, an IC package mounted on the socket body is pressed. The pressure cover is provided with a heat sink and a heat of the IC package is radiated therefrom through a press-contact of the heat sink to the IC package. The pressure cover is formed with a heat sink receiver on an inner surface side to the socket body so as to receive the heat sink and a holding member is disposed on an inner surface side of the pressure cover to be detachable so as to detachably hold the heat sink between the heat sink receiver and the holding member.

Abstract: An IC socket is provided with a pressure cover so as to be opened and closed about a rotational shaft with respect to a socket body, and when the pressure cover is closed, an IC package mounted on the socket body is pressed. In the IC socket, a stopper member is disposed to lock the pressure cover in a state that the pressure cover and the socket body are closed, a proximity member for rotating the pressure cover to the socket body side so that the pressure cover further approaches towards the socket body side from the closed state thereof. The stopper member includes a stopper piece mounted to a support shaft, which is supported to be movable in a tangential direction of a circle with the rotational shaft being the center thereof with respect to the pressure cover, and a stopper piece engaging portion formed to the socket body with which the stopper piece is engaged, and the proximity member is provided with a separation member mounted to the support shaft.

Abstract: A shorting block (10) for use with a header connector (51), includes an insulative housing (12) having a plurality of cavities (14) therein for receipt of the corresponding pin contacts (64) of the header connector (51). A conductive bar (40) attached to the housing (12), has a plurality of arms (44) extending therefrom and adapted to respectively projecting into the corresponding cavities (14) in the housing (12) for respective mechanical and electrical engagement with the pin contacts (64), of the connector (51), received within the cavities (14) of the housing (12) so that pin contacts (64) of the connector (51) engaging the arms (44) of the conductive bar (40) are designedly electrically connected in a form of closed circuit for compliance with the whole operative circuitry. An optional cover (30) is detachably assembled onto the housing (12) for shielding the conductive bar (40) therein.

Abstract: A socket connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) having a central slot (12) therein along its lengthwise direction for receiving a lower edge portion (101) of a daughter board (100) therein. A plurality of passageways (14, 16) are arranged staggered on two sides along the slot (12) for receiving the upper row contacts (60) and the lower row contacts (80) therein for electrical engagement with the corresponding circuit traces (108) on two sides of the daughter board (100). Two arms (20) respectively extend forwardly from two ends of the housing (10) and each arm (20) thereon forms a platform (22) for allowing the inserted daughter board (100) to sit thereon.

Abstract: A card edge socket connector (1) includes an insulative elongated housing (10) having a plurality of contact slots (14) side by side vertically extending therethrough. A plurality of contacts (90) are received within the corresponding contact slots (14), respectively. A central board slot (12) extends in the housing (10) in the lengthwise direction for reception of the bottom edge portion of daughter board (100) inserted therein whereby the contacts (90) are electrically engaged with the traces on the bottom edge portion of the daughter board (100). An ejector (50) is pivotally positioned in a cavity (30) at one end of the housing (10) and a pair of separate latches (70) are positioned adjacent such ejector (50) but segregative and spaced therefrom by substantially a portion of the insulative housing (10) for latchably sandwiching and engaging within a retaining (92) hole of the daughter board (100) when the daughter board (100) is received in the board slot (12) in the connector housing (10).

Abstract: An electrical connector with manual retainer and enhanced contact coupling is provided which comprises: an insulative mounting socket (30) including a base portion (35), slots (38) formed on the top face of the base portion, a wall (31) upstanding from the top of the base portion, and indents (33) formed on the bottom face (39) of the base portion; a retainer (10) including a main surface (11) sized to fit over the electrical component (20) received in the mounting socket, at least a first and a second stuffer (12) depending downward from the main surface and sized to fit against the leads (22) received in the slots; at least a first and a second latch mechanism each including at least one fulcrum (12) coupled to the stuffer, a lever bar (17) coupled to the fulcrum, at least one leg (14) depending downward from the lever bar, a latch protrusion (16) coupled to the leg and formed to extend on the outside of the wall such that the first latch protrusion physically contacts with the indents when the retainer is