Adapters for the terminal pins of electron tubes

Claim 1

For use with an electron tube having a central exhaust member and a plurality of terminal pins arranged to surround said central exhaust member and provided with a ferrule having a guide key, an adapter for protecting said terminal pins and positioning said pins in said adapter within the central bore of a socket comprising a cylindrical body having a central bore of a diameter sufficient to accommodate said exhaust member, a keyway formed on the inner wall of said central bore for accommodating said key and a plurality of axially extending grooves provided on said cylindrical body at positions corresponding to said terminal pins, an axial slot extending radially from each of said grooves through the outer surface of said body said grooves adapted to receive said pins and said slots adapted to expose a portion of the surface of each pin for contact with a leaf spring member in said socket and to retain said pins in said grooves to prevent outward bending thereof, one end surface of said cylindrical body facing said electron tube being substantially flat.