Socket assembly for printed circuits

Claim 1

A SOCKET ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING ELECTRICAL CONTACT PINS TO PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS COMPRISING, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICALLY-SHAPED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE HOUSING, A FLANGE CARRIED ON SAID HOUSING INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF AND PROJECTING GENERALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY THEREFROM TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE SHOULDER TO POSITION LIMIT A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR SECUREMENT TO THE HOUSING, SAID HOUSING HAVING A GENERALLY AXIAL BORE FORMED THEREIN OPEN AT ONLY ONE END, THE OPPOSITE CLOSED END OF SAID HOUSING FORMING A FIXED PIN ON THE SOCKET FOR CONNECTING CONDUCTORS THERETO, A FULL SPLIT SLEEVE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT MEMBER SLIDABLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE BORE OF SAID HOUSING, DETENT MEANS PROJECTING FROM THE WALL OF SAID HOUSING INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF WITHIN SAID BORE AND CONFINING SAID SPLIT SLEEVE IN THE HOUSING BETWEEN THE DETENT AND THE CLOSED END OF SAID BORE, SAID SPLIT SLEEVE CONTACT MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF INWARDLY DIRECTED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RESILIENT DETENTS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, SAID RESILIENT DETENTS BEING SO SHAPED THAT UPON ENTRY OF A PIN INTENDED TO BE USED WITH THE DEVICE THE RESILIENT DETENTS WILL BE DEFOMED TO FLOATINGLY GRIP THE PIN AND TO URGE EXPANSIOSN OF SAID SPLIT SLEEVE CONTACT MEMBER AND MAINTAIN FIRM ENGAGEMENT OF THE LATTER WITH