Socket Pressing Member Latch Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional sockets for electrical parts, such as IC packages, have complex mechanisms for engaging and disengaging the latch member with the pressing member, leading to instability and increased parts, making the operation cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
A socket design featuring a rotatable pressing member with a latch member that includes a pressed portion and an engaging portion, where the engagement is released by an operation member, simplifying the mechanism and allowing for a more stable and efficient engagement and disengagement process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional engagement mechanism is used for the latch member and pressing member, then the pressing member can be engaged and disengaged, but the mechanism becomes complicated with increased parts and unstable operation
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates the complex engagement mechanism from the conventional socket structure. By removing the complicated latch member engagement system, the patent achieves a simpler structure with fewer parts while maintaining stable operation through the alternative pressing member design that engages directly with the socket body without requiring complex intermediate mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a conventional latch member that engages with a pressing member through complex mechanisms, the invention inverts the approach by having the pressing member itself perform the engagement function directly with the socket body. This reversal of the engagement mechanism eliminates the need for separate latch components and simplifies the overall structure.
2Ease of manufacture
If a complex engagement mechanism is used, then engagement function is achieved, but the number of parts increases and manufacturing becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the engagement function directly into the pressing member structure itself, eliminating the need for separate latch members and complex engagement mechanisms. By combining multiple functions into the pressing member, the patent reduces the total number of parts while simplifying the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and removes the unnecessary latch member and complex engagement mechanism from the conventional design, keeping only the essential pressing function. This extraction of redundant components directly reduces the number of parts and simplifies manufacturing operations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the pressing member is made larger to accommodate larger electrical parts, then larger parts can be held, but the front end portion may float and pressing uniformity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention segments the pressing member into multiple sections or zones along its length. This segmentation allows different portions of the pressing member to independently contact and press the electrical part, preventing the front end from floating even when the overall pressing member size increases. Each segment maintains contact pressure independently, ensuring uniform pressing across the entire electrical part.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces additional dimensional considerations in the pressing member design, such as multiple contact points distributed along the length of the pressing member rather than a single contact point. This dimensional distribution ensures that even larger electrical parts are pressed uniformly at multiple locations, preventing floating and maintaining pressing precision.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The simplified mechanism ensures a stable and efficient engagement of the pressing member, maintaining a horizontal state and uniformly pressing the electrical part, even for larger sizes, while reducing the number of parts and enhancing handling ease.
Implementation Method 1
a latch member (16) provided for the pressing member (15) to be rotatable and having an engaging portion (31b) to be engaged with the socket body (13) in the horizontal state of the pressing member (15)
Implementation Method 2
an engagement releasing member (14g) formed to the operation member (14) presses the pressed portion (31a) to rotate the latch member (16) so as to release the engagement of the latch member (16) with the socket body (13)
Implementation Method 3
the latch member (16) is engaged with the socket body (13) in the horizontal state of the pressing member (15), and only the engagement releasing member (14g) for releasing the engagement of the latch member (16) is formed to the operation member (14)
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AI summary
A socket for an electrical part includes a pressing member mounted to the socket body accommodating an electrical part to be rotatable and configured to press the electrical part in a horizontal position thereof, an operation member provided for the socket body to be vertically movable and configured to rotate the pressing member, and a latch member provided having an engaging pawl to be engaged with the socket body in the horizontal state of the pressing member. The latch member is provided with a pressed portion, and when the operation member is moved downward in a state that the latch member is engaged with the socket body, an engagement releasing member formed to the operation member presses the pressed portion to rotate the latch member so as to release the engagement of the latch member with the socket body.