Abstract: A connector includes an inserting part where a plug connector is inserted, a contact member provided at a side of the inserting part, the contact member being where a basic end part is fixed, and a driving part configured to drive the contact member to a position where the contact member comes in contact with a contacted part of the plug connector inserted in the inserting part.

Abstract: A contact connector assembly, which is adapted to be used in a sensor-dispensing instrument that contains electrochemical test sensors, comprises at least four electrical contacts, a housing connector, a base connector and a moveable mechanism. The housing connector forms a housing opening that is adapted to receive the at least four electrical contacts. The base connector is coupled to the housing connector and forms a sensor-receiving opening. The base or housing connector is adapted to move between first and second positions. The moveable mechanism is coupled to the housing or base connector. The moveable mechanism is adapted to move the base or housing connector between the first and second positions. The housing and base connectors are adapted to be coupled in a first position such that they are adapted to hold one of the test sensors. The housing and base connectors are adapted to be coupled in a second position such that they allow the test sensor to be removed therefrom.

Abstract: A connector includes a base mounted with connecting terminals at a predetermined pitch and an operating lever turnably supported on the base. The operating lever presses and connects a tip end portion of a flexible printed circuit board against and to fixed contacts of the connecting terminals. Mounting protrusions provided to opposite end portions of the operating lever are moved along first slide faces, tapered faces, and second slide faces. The faces are formed in an uninterrupted manner on upper end faces of partition walls provided to opposite side end portions of the base. Turning shaft portions coaxially provided in an interrupted manner to remaining one side edge portion of the operating lever push up elastic finger portions of the connecting terminals. The turning shaft portions are turnably fitted in bearing recessed portions formed at the elastic finger portions.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical connector (100) comprising a housing assembly (10, 20) defining a slot, a number of contacts (30) assembled to the housing assembly (10, 20), a carriage (80) up and down moveably assembled in the slot; and a latch arm (50) being pivotally mounted to an end of the carriage (80) and being up and down moveable with the carriage (80), wherein the latch arm (50) being pivotally moveable coupled with a downward movement together with the carriage (80), in response to insertion of a daughter card into the slot, from an upper position to a lower position.

Abstract: A contact connector assembly, which is adapted to be used in a sensor-dispensing instrument that contains electrochemical test sensors, comprises at least four electrical contacts, a housing connector, a base connector and a moveable mechanism. The housing connector forms a housing opening that is adapted to receive the at least four electrical contacts. The base connector is coupled to the housing connector and forms a sensor-receiving opening. The base or housing connector is adapted to move between first and second positions. The moveable mechanism is coupled to the housing or base connector. The moveable mechanism is adapted to move the base or housing connector between the first and second positions. The housing and base connectors are adapted to be coupled in a first position such that they are adapted to hold one of the test sensors. The housing and base connectors are adapted to be coupled in a second position such that they allow the test sensor to be removed therefrom.

Abstract: A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (5), includes an insulative housing (1) defining therein a slot (11) and a number of passageways (131) communicating with the slot, and a number of terminals (2) retained in the passageways. Each terminal includes a contact portion (21) exposed in the slot for contacting with the electronic card, and a deformable resilient beam (22) having a depressible portion (221) away from the contact portion. The depressible portions are outwardly depressed due to an insertion of the electronic card, and are inwardly relaxed due to an extraction of the electronic card.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board connector includes a housing, a sliding cover and a pair of support nails. A pair of guiding grooves and a pair of insertion holes are defined in sidewalls of the housing for receiving the support nails. A protruding portion is formed on each support nail to form a pivotal hole between the protruding portion and inner surfaces of the groove. The sliding cover has a pair of cam shafts rotatably supported in the pivotal holes. The cross section of each cam shaft has an utmost protrudent point which brushes past an inner surface of the pivotal hole when flipping the sliding cover. The length of the longest chord of the cross section that passes the utmost protrudent point is longer than the distance between the inner surface brushed by the utmost protrudent point and its opposite inner surface of the pivotal hole.

Abstract: A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (5), includes an insulative housing (1) defining therein a slot (11) and a number of passageways (131) communicating with the slot, and a number of terminals (2) retained in the passageways. Each terminal includes a contact portion (21) exposed in the slot for contacting with the electronic card, and a deformable resilient beam (22) having a depressible portion (221) away from the contact portion. The depressible portions are outwardly depressed due to an insertion of the electronic card, and are inwardly relaxed due to an extraction of the electronic card.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a socket with integral, retractable socket contact protector is presented. In this regard, a contact protector is introduced to protect contacts, and to provide openings through which the contacts can emerge to couple with lands. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A radiological imaging apparatus allowing semiconductor radiation detectors to be easily replaced with new ones and densely arranged. Terminals (31cjk) and (33cjk) are provided on a bottom surface of a detector aggregate (40mn) including a plurality of semiconductor radiation detectors (1); the terminals is connected to electrodes (3 and 4) of the detectors (1). A plurality of zero insertion force connectors (56) are provided on a connecting device (33jk) installed on a support substrate (32h). The terminals (31cjk and 33cjk) are detachably attached to the zero insertion force connectors (56) to mount the detector aggregates (40mn) that are the semiconductor radiation detectors (1), on the support substrate (32h). When the detector aggregates (40mn) are attached to the zero insertion force connectors (56), since no frictional force acts on the terminals, the size of the gap between the detector aggregates (40mn) is reduced.

Abstract: A ZIF connector is mounted on a tiny PCB that carries damping components and flying leads that are connected or soldered to locations of interest on a PCB. There may be one or many of such ZIF connector/connection accessories in any particular test set-up. A ZIF browser is connected to an active probe's tip by short flexible extended transmission lines that lead back to a small interconnect PCB having plated lands that are inserted into the ZIF connector. The ZIF connector is good for just a limited number of uses, but this is in agreement the a customer's usage model for an inexpensive ‘disposable’ part. Furthermore, the limited lifetime of the ZIF connector/connection accessory is apt to be mitigated in cases where several are in use at one time.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing, first and second contacts arranged in the housing, each of which has a fixed part engaging with a board-shaped portion of the housing and an operating part movable to the fixed part, and an actuator movable to the housing for taking up first and second stations selectively, wherein each of the first and second contacts is shaped to have substantially the same space between the fixed and operating parts thereof or between the operating part thereof and the board-shaped portion of the housing when the actuator is postured to take the first station and a circuit board is not inserted into the housing. The actuator includes a plurality of cams each engaging with one of the first and second contacts, wherein each of the cams corresponding to the first contacts and each of the cams corresponding to the second contacts are different in shape from each other.

Abstract: A card connector assembly (100) for insertion of an electronic card (6), includes an insulative housing defining a cavity, two rows of terminals (4), a pair of springs (3), and a carriage component (2) being moveable between two rows of the terminals and having a pair of projection portions formed at two opposite ends thereof. The carriage component is movable along with the inserted electronic card from an initial position toward a final position where the carriage component is held stationary.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a cable end connector which mates with a board mount connector. The cable end connector includes a plurality of header modules that each include pivotal contact-bearing headers. The headers are coupled to ribbon conductors in a parallel planar array. One end of each of the headers has conductors prepared to accept the welding of ribbonized coaxial cables. The other end of the conductors form compliant contacts for engagement with other compliant contacts or with pads arranged on the edge of a circuit board. Headers of each module have posts that emanate from lateral sides of a header body, distal from the compliant contact ends, that function as cam sliders. The cam sliders are located in slots, and engage ramps, which may be moved to urge the contacts of the headers together or apart.

Abstract: A connector has a male housing (10) with a receptacle (11) and a moving plate (14) is disposed in the receptacle (11). A female housing (20) can fit in the receptacle (11) and in the moving plate (14). First cam followers (13F, 13R) project in from the inner peripheral surface of the receptacle (11). Second cam followers 17F, 17R project out from the outer peripheral surface of the moving plate (14) towards the inner peripheral surface of the receptacle (11). A lever (30) is mounted rotatably on the female housing (20). Outer surfaces of the lever (30) have first cam grooves (34F, 34R) for engaging the cam followers (13F, 13R) of the receptacle (11) and inner surfaces of the lever (30) have second cam grooves (35F, 35R) for engaging the cam followers (17F, 17R) of the moving plate (14).

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector including: an approximately box-shaped housing having an insertion opening for the insertion of an FPC; forked contact members provided within the housing; and a lever which is provided so as to face the insertion opening of the housing, and which is turnably held by the housing. With such an arrangement, the forked contact member includes a base, an upper arm and a lower arm, and a forked engaging arm. The tip of the lower arm is held by the housing. The lever includes a holding portion, a rotational shaft, and first plate cams. Upon raising the lever, the distance between the tips of each of the forked engaging arms is increased by the actions of the first plate cam, thereby increasing the distance between the upper arm and the lower arm of each of the forked contact members.

Abstract: A connector (100) for connecting a sheet-like electronic member includes a housing (10); a number of terminals (20) loaded in the housing, said terminal including a first and second beams (21 and 22) defining a gap therebetween; and an actuator (30) pivotally movable between an open position and a closed position relative to the housing. The actuator is provided with cam portions (310) engaging with the terminals so as to broaden the gap between the first and second beams when the actuator is at the open position for facilitating the sheet-like electronic member to enter, and to allow said gap to narrow when the actuator is at the closed position so that the sheet-like electronic member can be clasped and retained by the first and second beams, and retaining portions (311) adapted for engaging with and further retaining the sheet-like electronic member.

Abstract: A female side connector for high current includes at least one contact unit including a contact, a contact support section, and a connection terminal: and a connector housing for placing the contact support section. The contact is provided by superposing a plurality of L-shaped and thin plate-like contact elements in the plate thickness direction, the contact element has a rectangular base end and a pair of elastically deformable arms that extend from the upper part of the rectangular base end and that respectively have opposing contact points at the neighborhood of the tip end. The contact support section supports the contact. The connection terminal is integrated with the contact support section and electrically contacts with outside. The contact is provided such that at least two or more contact elements having respectively different distances from the arm tip end to the contact point are superposed in the plate thickness direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for making an electrical connection with an electrical unit which has an edge portion and terminals disposed along the edge portion. The apparatus includes a supporting member and a connector supported by the supporting member. The connector has a body elongated in a longitudinal direction and second terminals disposed along the longitudinal direction. The connector slidably guides the edge portion of the electrical unit along the longitudinal direction to a first fully inserted position such that each one of the terminals of the connector faces respective one of the terminals of the electrical unit.

Abstract: A slider is incorporated in a connector. A guide is designed to guide movement of the slider along a predetermined plane. An elastic terminal or contact extends to the free tip end from the stationary end. An inclined surface is defined on the slider so as to receive the elastic terminal. The inclined surface extends along an imaginary plane intersecting an imaginary reference plane including the predetermined plane by a predetermined inclination angle. The movement of the slider enables displacement of the contact position between the inclined surface and the elastic terminal in the connector. The inclined surface generates a driving force directed to the elastic terminal in response to the movement of the slider. The elastic terminal is thus caused to deform. This deformation can be utilized to control the contact between the elastic terminal and a connective member to be connected.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided which can releasably engage a circuit card within a slot defined by the electrical connector. A camming mechanism is provided which includes a cover having a series of follower surfaces for cooperating with a corresponding series of camming surfaces and recesses associated with a pin holder. Longitudinal movement of the cover causes the cooperating surfaces to spread open card edge receiving portions of the slot, or to close down over the portions of the circuit card to be engaged. The electrical connector preferably has an opening in one end to allow a circuit card to enter the slot from the side, allowing circuit cards to be removed from or installed in a rack, frame or other chassis from the side.

Abstract: A printed circuit board provided with an attachment which surrounds surface contacts of the printed circuit board that are to be contacted by a printed circuit board connector that covers the portion of the printed circuit board and edges of the printed circuit board around the surface contacts and includes recesses corresponding to the surface contacts assuring proper connection with contacts of a printed circuit board connector.

Abstract: A zero insertion force mount for fixing and making contact with circuit subassemblies on a substrate has a plurality of holding devices for holding the circuit subassemblies and a zero insertion force device (ZIF mechanism), in a stressed state of the zero insertion force device. The circuit subassemblies are disposed in the holding devices being fixed by a pressing force exerted via the contact elements.

Abstract: A system includes an interconnect that is seated and retained in a connector using a number of bumpletts arranged in the system to exert a cam force that encourages retention of the interconnect in the connector. The connector is coupled to a target board. The connector comprises a spacer nest and a pair of boards, such as printed circuit boards, that may contain electrical circuitry. The cam bumpletts may reside at the interconnect, or on either or both of the pair of boards of the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit having a bottom surface and a top surface. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening for receiving an end of the flat circuit. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing spaced laterally along the opening. At least some of the terminals have first flexible contact arms for engaging the bottom surface of the flat circuit and second flexible contact arms for engaging the top surface of the flat circuit. An actuator is movably mounted on the housing for movement between an open position allowing the flat circuit to be inserted into the opening and a closed position engaging the top surface of the flat circuit and biasing the bottom surface of the circuit against the first flexible contact arms.

Abstract: A socket that secures bare and minimally packaged semiconductor devices substantially perpendicularly relative to a carrier substrate. The socket includes intermediate conductive elements and a member which moves the intermediate conductive elements between an insertion position and a biased position. After placement of the intermediate conductive elements into an insertion position, a semiconductor device may be inserted into a receptacle of the socket with minimal insertion force. Movement of the member to a biased position facilitates biasing of the intermediate conductive elements against a bond pad of the semiconductor device. The intermediate conductive elements establish an electrical connection between the semiconductor device and the carrier substrate. A first embodiment of the socket includes a member which moves transversely relative to the remainder of the socket. In a second embodiment of the socket, the member moves vertically relative to the socket body.

Abstract: An electronic device containing an electronic element such as a thermistor element is produced first by providing the element with electrodes formed on its two main surfaces facing outward away from each other, at least two terminals and a casing. Each terminal has a contact part for contacting one of the electrodes and an extended part extending from the contact part. The contact part of at least one of the terminals is elastic and bendable. The terminals and the electronic element are inserted into the casing either sequentially or simultaneously as an assembly in any of the ways such that the electrodes on the electronic element are not rubbed directly against the contact parts of the terminals. This may be done by disposing flexible guide plates over the contact parts such that the electrodes will glide over these guide plates as the electronic element is inserted after the terminals are installed inside the casing.

Abstract: A connector enabling wiping operation without changing the distance between a male connector and a female connector and capable of changing connectional association by mechanically operating the connector is obtained. The connector includes a male connector having a male connector terminal, a female connector having a female connector terminal, a relay connector terminal movably mounted on either a male connector body or a female connector body and a drive mechanism part bringing the relay connector terminal into contact with both of the male connector terminal and the female connector terminal and performing rubbing.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) for insertion of a daughter printed circuit board (PCB) (200) includes an insulative housing (10), a number of terminals (20) received in the housing, and a sliding guide (30) movably retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a receiving slot (11) for receiving the sliding guide. Each terminal includes a contacting portion (22) for connecting with the daughter PCB. The daughter PCB is inserted into a receiving recess (34) defined in the sliding guide and pushes the sliding guide forwardly for driving the terminal to engage/disengage with the daughter PCB.

Abstract: A connector is electrically connected to a substrate in which a conductor pattern and electrodes at ends of the conductor pattern are provided on a surface of the substrate. The connector includes a plurality of contacts that are resiliently connectable to the electrodes of the substrate inserted in the connector. An insulator member contains the contacts arrayed therein. A slider unit is movably attached to the insulator member, the slider unit including a plurality of lugs that are connectable to respective edges of the contacts contained in the insulator member.

Abstract: A transceiver module which is easily and conveniently assembled, and which is reliable. The transceiver module comprises a housing, an optoelectronic subassembly, a receptacle, a chassis and a PCB. The optoelectronic subassembly is received in the receptacle. Conductive leads of the optoelectronic subassembly are soldered to the PCB. The chassis is attached to the PCB with screws, and accommodates and protects the PCB. The housing comprises a top housing and a bottom housing. The top housing is attached to the chassis and the receptacle. The top housing and bottom housings are attached together, enclosing therein the receptacle, the chassis and the PCB.

Abstract: A method for insertion of inserting printed circuit card into socket connectors which prevents sockets from getting contaminated or damaged during the insertion of a printed circuit card comprises the steps of: inserting a cam for moving a socket connector's contacts outwardly so that they will not make contact with a card's edge when it is inserted between the contacts of the sockets connector as it is inserted, and after the printed circuit card is inserted the printed circuit card moving the printed circuit card until it makes contact with a stop in the socket connector, and after the printed circuit card has contacted the stop in the socket connector, moving the cam to a closed position allowing the printed circuit card to be seated, and seating the printed circuit card by moving it to cause and allow for an amount of wipe to clean the connector's contacts without contaminating or damaging the socket connector's contacts during the insertion of said printed circuit card.

Abstract: A modular mounting system which allows a circuit board to be removed, inserted or replaced through the front of the mounting frame without deactivating power to the equipment, and in the preferred embodiment without detaching any external cables. Connections for external equipment are disposed along the rear edge of the circuit board, and a row of contacts for the internal connections is provided along the bottom edge of the circuit board. The system of the invention provides a releasable connector which retracts the connector pins into a housing when a circuit board is inserted or removed, thus eliminating the possibility of a contact on the circuit board touching a live connector pin. In the preferred embodiment the external connections are made through adaptors that plug into external cable connectors provided on a connector plate detachably affixed to the rear of the mounting frame.

Abstract: A jig for attachment and detachment comprises a frame. When the jig is set on the surface of a printed circuit board, a connector on the printed circuit board can be received in a connector receptacle opening defined at the lower end of the jig. The frame is designed to stand on the surface of the printed circuit board surrounding the connector. An electronic component can thereafter be inserted in an insertion opening defined at the upper end of the frame. The inserted electronic component is guided, by a guide passage defined in the frame, from the insertion opening toward the connector receptacle opening. The guided electronic component is received on the connector. The guide passage serves to allow the input/output pin of the electronic component to reliably enter the socket of the connector without any interference. An operator is released from careful observation for alignment of the electronic component with the connector with his own eyes.

Abstract: An electrical connector for flexible printed board (1) has a housing (4) with an opening, and a cover (7) being rotatable about a predetermined pivotal axis for opening or closing the opening. A resilient piece (35) of a fork-shaped contact (23) has a first and a second branches (39, 41) branched from a free end (38) thereof. The second branch (41) includes a contact point coming into contact with a flexible printed board (2) inserted in an insertion space (3). One edge of the cover (7) is provided with a regulating portion (55) interposed between the first and second branches (39, 41). The regulating portion (55) restricts bidirectional displacements of the free end (38) of the resilient piece (35) within a predetermined range.

Abstract: A connector is electrically connected to a substrate in which a conductor pattern and electrodes at ends of the conductor pattern are provided on a surface of the substrate. The connector includes a plurality of contacts that are resiliently connectable to the electrodes of the substrate inserted in the connector. An insulator member contains the contacts arrayed therein. A slider unit is movably attached to the insulator member, the slider unit including a plurality of lugs that are connectable to respective edges of the contacts contained in the insulator member.

Abstract: A printed circuit board zero insertion force connector incorporating an actuating member, by which the printed circuit board zero insertion force connector can be moved from an assembly position permitting insertion or removal of a printed circuit board into a connecting position properly contacting the printed circuit board and/or vice versa, is made by means of an element which simultaneously serves to lock the printed circuit board to the arrangement containing the printed circuit board zero insertion force connector or to remove it therefrom.

Abstract: A socket that secures bare and minimally packaged semiconductor devices substantially perpendicularly relative to a carrier substrate. The socket includes intermediate conductive elements and a member which moves the intermediate conductive elements between an insertion position and a biased position. After placement of the intermediate conductive elements into an insertion position, a semiconductor device may be inserted into a receptacle of the socket with minimal insertion force. Movement of the member to a biased position facilitates biasing of the intermediate conductive elements against a bond pad of the semiconductor device. The intermediate conductive elements establish an electrical connection between the semiconductor device and the carrier substrate. A first embodiment of the socket includes a member which moves transversely relative to the remainder of the socket. In a second embodiment of the socket, the member moves vertically relative to the socket body.

Abstract: In a connector having a rotary actuator (14) for bringing a sheet-like object (11) into press contact with a contact (13) held by a housing (12), the rotary actuator is engaged with the contact in a predetermined direction parallel to the sheet-like object and perpendicular to a center axis of a shaft portion (22) of the rotary actuator. The shaft portion is rotatably engaged with the housing. The contact has a contacting portion (15) to be faced to one surface of the sheet-like object and a supporting portion (16) to be faced to the other surface of the sheet-like object. The actuator has a cam portion (21) integrally connected to the shaft portion and located between the supporting portion and the sheet-like object. The supporting portion has a recess (17) which receives the cam portion to engage the cam portion with the supporting portion in the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A socket for receiving an electrical component, such as a semiconductor component, having an electrical terminal. The socket has a contact, to which the electric terminal is connected when the electrical component is fully inserted into the socket, and a driving mechanism that controls measurement of the contact toward the electric terminal when the semiconductor component is inserted into the socket. The driving mechanism has a movable separation member for keeping the contact away from the insertion position of the semiconductor component when the semiconductor component is not inserted in the socket. The socket also has a spring which is compressed as the semiconductor component is inserted into the socket. The spring pushes back the movable separation member toward the semiconductor component when the semiconductor component is removed.

Abstract: An adapter to connect either Type I or Type II cards into a PCMCIA compliant PC Card interface on a personal computer. A protective shutter mechanism receives both Type I and Type II cards.

Abstract: A connector is electrically connected to a substrate in which a conductor pattern and electrodes at ends of the conductor pattern are provided on a surface of the substrate. The connector includes a plurality of contacts that are resiliently connectable to the electrodes of the substrate inserted in the connector. An insulator member contains the contacts arrayed therein. A slider unit is movably attached to the insulator member, the slider unit including a plurality of lugs that are connectable to respective edges of the contacts contained in the insulator member.

Abstract: A connector with a slot for receiving a smart card with contact pads, includes contacts that are held away from the card slot until the card becomes fully inserted, using a mechanism with a minimum number of easily formed parts. The mechanism includes a rocker (142) with a control part (144) that is pivotally mounted about a rocker axis (Y—Y) and that has a rear end forming a tab (186) that projects into the rear end of the card slot, to be deflected downwardly by the card reaching its fully inserted position. The control part also has a front end (174) that is coupled to the contacts to depress them until the card is fully inserted, whereupon the contacts are released to move up. The rocker, which is formed from a single piece of sheet metal, includes a pair of laterally-spaced fastening plates (150) that are fixed to the housing, and a pair of deflectable portions (148, 154) that can be resiliently deformed to permit the control part to pivot.

Abstract: An adapter to connect either Type I or Type II cards into a PCMCIA compliant PC Card interface on a personal computer. A protective shutter mechanism receives both Type I and Type II cards.

Abstract: A releasable mounting device includes an electronic component having terminal contact surfaces disposed in at least two rows on an outer side. Corresponding contacts of a terminal part are correspondingly disposed in two contact rows. The contacts of each contact row can be moved jointly away from the outer side by an actuating element. During a mounting operation, the contact rows of the terminal part, which are located one behind the other as seen in a mounting direction, are moved away from the outer side one after the other by the component, beginning with a front contact row. When an end mounting position is reached, the contact rows of the terminal part pass into electrical contact with the terminal contact surfaces.

Abstract: A system has first printed circuit boards which are plugged into a second printed circuit board mounted in a frame. The system includes guides being provided for guiding the first printed circuit boards and includes at least one guide mounted on a support element which is either adjacent or between the first printed circuit boards so that at least two printed circuit boards can be stacked one on top of the other in the plane of the first printed circuit boards.

Abstract: A releasable mounting device includes an electronic component having terminal contact surfaces disposed in at least two rows on an outer side. Corresponding contacts of a terminal part are correspondingly disposed in two contact rows. The contacts of each contact row can be moved jointly away from the outer side by an actuating element. During a mounting operation, the contact rows of the terminal part, which are located one behind the other as seen in a mounting direction, are moved away from the outer side one after the other by the component, beginning with a front contact row. When an end mounting position is reached, the contact rows of the terminal part pass into electrical contact with the terminal contact surfaces.

Abstract: An electronic device containing an electronic element such as a thermistor element is produced first by providing the element with electrodes formed on its two main surfaces facing outward away from each other, at least two terminals and a casing. Each terminal has a contact part for contacting one of the electrodes and an extended part extending from the contact part. The contact part of at least one of the terminals is elastic and bendable. The terminals and the electronic element are inserted into the casing either sequentially or simultaneously as an assembly in any of the ways such that the electrodes on the electronic element are not rubbed directly against the contact parts of the terminals. This may be done by disposing flexible guide plates over the contact parts such that the electrodes will glide over these guide plates as the electronic element is inserted after the terminals are installed inside the casing.

Abstract: A socket for receiving a semiconductor component (10) having an electric terminal (12) comprises a contact (31), to which the electric terminal is connected, and a driving mechanism for moving the contact (31) toward the electric terminal (12) when the semiconductor component is inserted into an insertion position in the socket. The driving mechanism has a movable separation member (40) for keeping the contact (31) away from the insertion position of the semiconductor component (10) when the semiconductor component is not inserted in the socket. The socket also has a spring (50) which is compressed as the semiconductor component (10) is inserted, and pushes back the movable separation member (40) toward the semiconductor component.

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided apparatus for removing a card from an opening in an electrical device. The apparatus comprises: a card including a semiconductor chip capable of making electrical connection with a contact in the opening and wherein the cards fits into the opening with substantially no part protruding therefrom and a tool that is adapted to effect removal of the card from the opening. This has the advantage that the card makes the appropriate internal contacts and can only be removed by authorized users. This stops theft of the card from retail outlets. In addition, the invention also prevents children and animals removing the card and damaging it in the home environment.