Electronic package and accessory component assembly

Claim 1

An electronic assembly comprising: an electronic package having electrical contacts; accessory component means for said package having electrical contacts for connection with said package contacts, said component means including a substrate and a component supported by said substrate, said substrate defining said component means contacts; receptacle means having an upstanding housing defining a top opening removably receiving said package, a bottom opening removably receiving said component means and a channel extending between such top and bottom openings providing for residence of said package and said component means in vertically spaced relation in said receptacle means, said substrate being juxtaposed with a housing surface adjacent said bottom opening; a plurality of contact elements having first portions fixedly supported in said housing, said first portions extending through said bottom opening and exteriorly thereof for engagement externally of said assembly and second portions vertically spaced from said first portions and electrically engaging said package contacts; said substrate further including ear portions extending horizontally outwardly thereof, said contact element first portions including horizontally extending lands adjacent said housing surface, said substrate ear portions and said lands being electrically connected adjacent said housing surface.