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(11) EP 0 400 378 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.02.1991 Bulletin 1991/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.12.1990 Bulletin 1990/49

(21) Application number: 90108923.5

(22) Date of filing: 11.05.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 23/70
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI LU NL

(30) Priority: 02.06.1989 US 360644

(71) Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Billman, Timothy Brian
    King, North Carolina 27021 (US)
  • Thrush, Roger Lee
    Clemons, North Carolina 27012 (US)

(74) Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch 
Winzererstrasse 106
80797 München
80797 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Circuit panel socket with cloverleaf contact


    (57) A single in-line memory module socket employing edge stamped contacts positioned within an insulative housing is disclosed. Each terminal has opposed beams with a loop section intermediate the ends of upwardly extending portions of those beams. Inwardly inclined arms extend downwardly from the top of the opposed beams and the contacts are configured so that majority of the deflection of the beams occurs in these inwardly inclined arms. A central post extends upwardly from the base of the terminals and engages housing ribs located within a central spine located along the bottom of a panel receiving slot in the insulative housing. Cavities intersect the slots receiving the circuit panels and the terminals can be inserted into the respective cavities from the bottom, with the posts extending upwardly from the base securing the terminals by engagement with the central spine. Panel support guides extend upwardly at either end of the housing and ridges on flexible walls in the housing stabilize the modules in the sockets.







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