IP Library Granted Patent US 8,876,536
Granted Patent B2
US 8,876,536 · App. 13/409,085 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Integrated circuit socket system with configurable structures and method of manufacture thereof

Inventors: Jaswant Sandhu (Newcastle, WA); Robert S. Francis (Redmond, WA)
Assignee: Data I/O Corporation
H01R12/714H01R23/72H01R12/57H01R2201/20H01R12/523
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Patent No.
US 8,876,536
App. No.
13/409,085
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit socket system includes: forming a retainer plate having a pinhole extending through the retainer plate; forming a base plate having a connector hole extending through the base plate, the connector hole aligned with the pinhole; inserting a compressible pin having a lower probe end through the connector hole and the pinhole below the connector hole, a portion of the compressible pin in the base plate; forming a device plate having a cavity hole extending through the device plate and aligned with the an upper probe end of the compressible pin exposed in the cavity hole; and mounting a removable fastener through the device plate, the base plate, and into the retainer plate, the device plate over the base plate directly on the retainer plate and attached to one another by the removable fastener.

Claims (36)

1. A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit socket system comprising:

forming a retainer plate having a pinhole extending through the retainer plate;

forming a base plate having a connector hole extending through the base plate, the connector hole aligned with the pinhole;

inserting a compressible pin having a lower probe end through the connector hole and the pinhole below the connector hole, a portion of the compressible pin in the base plate;

forming a device plate having a cavity hole extending through the device plate and aligned with an upper probe end of the compressible pin exposed in the cavity hole;

attaching a router connection panel having a through hole below the retainer plate with the lower probe end extending through the through hole; and

mounting a removable fastener through the device plate, the base plate, and into the retainer plate, the device plate over the base plate directly on the retainer plate and attached to one another by the removable fastener.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising attaching a router connection panel aligned, below, and in direct contact with the retainer plate.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising inserting a compressible support exposed between the device plate and the base plate.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising inserting a post connector in the base plate, a lower end of the post connector extending into the retainer plate and an upper end extending into the device plate.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein forming the device plate includes forming the device plate having a device cavity and the device cavity having the cavity hole.

6. A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit socket system comprising:

forming a retainer plate having a pinhole extending through the retainer plate;

forming a base plate having a connector hole extending through the base plate, the connector hole aligned with the pinhole;

inserting a compressible pin having a lower probe end through the connector hole and the pinhole below the connector hole, a portion of the compressible pin in the base plate;

forming a device plate having a device cavity with a cavity hole extending through the device plate and aligned with an upper probe end of the compressible pin exposed in the cavity hole;

attaching a router connection panel having a through hole below the retainer plate with the lower probe end extending through the through hole; and

mounting a removable fastener through the device plate, the base plate, and into the retainer plate, the device plate over the base plate directly on the retainer plate and attached to one another by the removable fastener.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising inserting a compressible support to form a compressible gap between the device plate and the base plate exposing the compressible support.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein forming the base plate having the connector hole includes forming the base plate having the connector hole through a recess of the device plate facing the retainer plate.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 wherein forming the device plate includes forming a module retention channel between opposing edges of the device plate, the module retention channel intersected and divided by the device cavity.

10. An integrated circuit socket system comprising:

a retainer plate having a pinhole extending through the retainer plate;

a base plate having a connector hole extending through the base plate, the connector hole aligned with the pinhole;

a compressible pin having a lower probe end through the connector hole and the pinhole below the connector hole, a portion of the compressible pin in the base plate;

a device plate having a cavity hole extending through the device plate and aligned with an upper probe end of the compressible pin exposed in the cavity hole;

a router connection panel having a through hole below the retainer plate with the lower probe end extending through the through hole; and

a removable fastener through the device plate, the base plate, and into the retainer plate, the device plate over the base plate directly on the retainer plate and attached to one another by the removable fastener.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10 further comprising a router connection panel attached, aligned, below, and in direct contact with the retainer plate.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10 further comprising a compressible support inserted and exposed between the device plate and the base plate.

13. The system as claimed in claim 10 further comprising a post connector inserted in the base plate, a lower end of the post connector extending into the retainer plate and an upper end extending into the device plate.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the device plate includes the device cavity in the device plate having the cavity hole formed in the device cavity.

15. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the device plate includes a device cavity formed with the cavity hole.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15 further comprising a compressible support inserted to form a compressible gap between the device plate and the base plate exposing the compressible support.

17. The system as claimed in claim 15 wherein the base plate includes the base plate the connector hole formed through a recess of the device plate facing the retainer plate.

18. The system as claimed in claim 15 wherein the device plate includes forming a module retention channel formed between opposing edges of the device plate, the module retention channel intersected and divided by the device cavity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 29, 2012
From: SANDHU, JASWANT; FRANCIS, ROBERT S.
To: DATA I/O CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027786/0789 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130224970A1 · Aug 29, 2013