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Electronic socket carrier system
Assignee: Augat Inc
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Filing: 1988-05-19
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Granted: 1990-01-16
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Expires: 2008-05-19
Abstract
Abstract An electronic socket carrier system in which a plurality of lead sockets are mounted on a thin flexible carrier strip which can be removed from the sockets after mounting on a circuit board. The lead sockets each include retention elements on the socket body to retain the socket on the carrier strip and which can also be employed for locking the socket into a mounting hole of a circuit board. The sockets are cold formed or machined to have a plurality of barbs each with a ramp surface to facilitate installation of the sockets into cooperative holes in the carrier strip, and an edge portion for retaining the socket once installed on the carrier strip.
Inventors
- 👤 Neil F. Damon
- 👤 Ronald E. Senor
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 14:19
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R43/00; H01R43/20; H01R43/205; H05; H05K; H05K13/00; H05K13/003; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49147; Y10T29/49151; Y10T29/49153; Y10T29/49204
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
229 words
An electronic socket carrier system comprising: a plurality of lead sockets each including: a sleeve having an internal bore and an entrance opening at one end of said sleeve, said entrance opening of said internal bore defining a lead entry to said one end; said sleeve including a head portion having a first diameter surrounding said one end; a first portion contiguous with said head portion; a plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs formed in said first portion by machining said first portion in an axial direction to remove material therefrom to provide outwardly extending barbs circumferentially spaced about said first portion, each barb having an upper edge tapering away from said head portion, and wherein said upper edges of said plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs define a circumferential band; a plurality of machined channels formed in said first portion by machining said first portion in the axial direction to remove material therefrom, each of said plurality of channels being formed between adjacent ones of said plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs; and a flexible carrier strip having a plurality of holes therethrough, each said hole sized to press-fit receive and releasably retain corresponding ones of said lead sockets, and wherein said circumferential band of upper edges of said barbs of each socket interface with one surface of the flexible carrier strip to retain said lead sockets in said carrier strip.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
229 words
An electronic socket carrier system comprising: a plurality of lead sockets each including: a sleeve having an internal bore and an entrance opening at one end of said sleeve, said entrance opening of said internal bore defining a lead entry to said one end; said sleeve including a head portion having a first diameter surrounding said one end; a first portion contiguous with said head portion; a plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs formed in said first portion by machining said first portion in an axial direction to remove material therefrom to provide outwardly extending barbs circumferentially spaced about said first portion, each barb having an upper edge tapering away from said head portion, and wherein said upper edges of said plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs define a circumferential band; a plurality of machined channels formed in said first portion by machining said first portion in the axial direction to remove material therefrom, each of said plurality of channels being formed between adjacent ones of said plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs; and a flexible carrier strip having a plurality of holes therethrough, each said hole sized to press-fit receive and releasably retain corresponding ones of said lead sockets, and wherein said circumferential band of upper edges of said barbs of each socket interface with one surface of the flexible carrier strip to retain said lead sockets in said carrier strip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The electronic socket carrier system of claim 1 wherein each of said plurality of barbs includes a ramp portion distal said upper tapered edge thereof to facilitate press-fitting of said lead socket into a corresponding hole of said carrier strip.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
The electronic socket carrier system of claim 1 wherein said head portion includes a beveled tapered edge distal said one end of said sleeve, and wherein said beveled edge of said head portion and said circumferential band of said upper edges of said barbs define therebetween a notched portion sized to correspond to said holes of said flexible carrier strip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The electronic socket carrier system of claim 1 wherein said first portion has a second diameter, and wherein said second diameter of said first portion is approximately equal to said first diameter of said head portion.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electronic socket carrier system of claim 1 wherein said sleeve further includes a terminal pin actially extending therefrom distal said one end.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
201 words
An electronic socket for mounting in holes of a flexible carrier strip, comprising: a metal sleeve having an internal bore and an entrance opening at one end of said sleeve, said entrance opening of said internal bore defining a lead entry at said one end; said sleeve including a head portion having a first diameter at said one end thereof: said sleeve further including a first portion having a second diameter; a transition section between said head portion and said first portion; a plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs formed in said first portion by machining thereof in an axial direction to remove material therefrom from one end of said first portion to said transition section; a plurality of machined channels formed in said first portion by machining said first portion in the axial direction to remove material therefrom each of said plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs; and wherein said electronic socket is configured for releasable mounting in the flexible carrier strip by press fitting said electronic socket into a corresponding mounting hole thereof such that said transition section engages the circumference of the mounting hole and said plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs engages the lower surface of the flexible carrier strip.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
201 words
An electronic socket for mounting in holes of a flexible carrier strip, comprising: a metal sleeve having an internal bore and an entrance opening at one end of said sleeve, said entrance opening of said internal bore defining a lead entry at said one end; said sleeve including a head portion having a first diameter at said one end thereof: said sleeve further including a first portion having a second diameter; a transition section between said head portion and said first portion; a plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs formed in said first portion by machining thereof in an axial direction to remove material therefrom from one end of said first portion to said transition section; a plurality of machined channels formed in said first portion by machining said first portion in the axial direction to remove material therefrom each of said plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs; and wherein said electronic socket is configured for releasable mounting in the flexible carrier strip by press fitting said electronic socket into a corresponding mounting hole thereof such that said transition section engages the circumference of the mounting hole and said plurality of circumferentially spaced barbs engages the lower surface of the flexible carrier strip.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The electronic socket of claim 6 wherein said first diameter of said head portion is approximately equal to said second diameter of said first portion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
70 words
The electronic socket of claim 6 wherein said head portion includes a beveled edge portion distal said one end thereof and wherein each of said plurality of barbs includes an upper tapered edge, said tapered edges of said barbs defining a circumferential band, and wherein said beveled edge of said head portion in combination with said circumferential band of said upper tapered edges of said barbs comprise said transition section.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electronic socket of claim 6 wherein each of said plurality of barbs includes an upper edge tapering away from said head portion.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The electronic socket of claim 9 wherein each of said plurality of barbs further includes a ramp portion distal said upper tapered edge thereof to facilitate press-fitting of said lead socket into a corresponding mounting hole of said carrier strip.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
60 words
A method of fabricating an electronic socket, comprising the steps of: forming a sleeve with an internal bore, a head portion, a first portion contiguous with said head portion and a terminal pin; and machining a plurality of channels in said first portion to removing material therefrom to form a plurality of barbs circumferentially equally spaced about said first portion.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
60 words
A method of fabricating an electronic socket, comprising the steps of: forming a sleeve with an internal bore, a head portion, a first portion contiguous with said head portion and a terminal pin; and machining a plurality of channels in said first portion to removing material therefrom to form a plurality of barbs circumferentially equally spaced about said first portion.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
60 words
A method of fabricating an electronic socket, comprising the steps of: machining a sleeve with an internal bore, a head portion, a first portion contiguous with said head portion and a terminal pin; and machining a plurality of channels in said first portion to remove material therefrom to form a plurality of barbs circumferentially equally spaced about said first portion.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
60 words
A method of fabricating an electronic socket, comprising the steps of: machining a sleeve with an internal bore, a head portion, a first portion contiguous with said head portion and a terminal pin; and machining a plurality of channels in said first portion to remove material therefrom to form a plurality of barbs circumferentially equally spaced about said first portion.
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