Electronic components

Claim 1

In combination, an electronic component having a body enclosing circuitry and two sets of leads from said circuitry projecting from said body, said sets spaced apart from one another, each set having its leads arranged substantially in parallel, said sets extending along opposite sides of said body and making an angle of about 0* to 30* with one another, all of said leads terminating on one side of a plane through said body, and each said lead having an outer surface facing away from other leads, and a socket comprising a housing of electrical insulating material having an end wall defining a closed end, an opposite open end, opposed substantially parallel side walls, substantially perpendicular to said end wall, and spaced apart to define said open end, and a plurality of spaced-apart parallel ribs projecting inwardly from each side wall and extending along each said side wall between said bottom wall and said open end, to define with the adjacent said side wall a plurality of spaced apart parallel channels, and two sets of electrical contact members defining two sets of contact surfaces extending from said closed end toward said open end, one said set of contact members being arranged adjacent each of said parallel side walls, each set having its contact surfaces arranged in a single plane, and said sets of contact members spaced apart from one another by a distance less than the distance between said sets of leads, each said contact member having a spring portion providing a said contact surface engaging the said outer surface of one of said leads from said electrical component between said circuitry and said terminating end of said lead, one of said contact members being located in each said channel, with its spring portion located entirely within the respective channel, said electronic component being oriented in said socket with said body adjacent the closed end of said socket and said leads extending from said body toward the open end of said socket.