Socket Mount With Grooves For Elastomer Cutting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing test sockets for integrated circuits face challenges in ensuring precise fitting and cutting of elastomer components during shipping and setup, which is crucial for maintaining signal integrity and effective impedance in chip testing.
Innovation Solution
A socket mount with specially designed grooves for cutting elastomers to the appropriate length, accommodating multiple sizes to fit various test sockets, allowing for precise measurement and cutting of elastomers, enabling correct installation and ensuring reliable contact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a protective socket mount is used during shipping, then the socket is protected from damage, but the elastomer components require separate precise cutting and fitting procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the protective socket mount with integrated cutting grooves and elastomer storage cavities. The mount structure merges multiple functions: protection during shipping, precise cutting guidance for elastomers, and organized storage for multiple elastomer sizes, eliminating the need for separate tools and procedures
Solution Approach 2:
The socket mount is designed as a multi-functional device that serves as both a protective structure during shipping and a precision tool for elastomer preparation. The same mount contains grooves for cutting elastomers to exact lengths and cavities for storing different sized elastomers, making it universally useful for both protection and setup operations
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sized elastomers are prepared for different test sockets, then various test socket configurations are supported, but precise cutting and fitting of each elastomer is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The socket mount includes pre-formed grooves of various lengths that correspond to the exact dimensions needed for different test socket configurations. Elastomers are pre-cut to these lengths using the grooves as guides, and pre-placed in designated cavities, so that during actual use, the operator simply needs to select and install the appropriate elastomer without time-consuming measurement and cutting
Solution Approach 2:
The mount is segmented into multiple cavities, each dedicated to storing elastomers of a specific size. This segmentation allows for organized storage and quick identification of the correct elastomer for a given test socket configuration, reducing the time needed to select and prepare the appropriate component
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The socket mount facilitates precise elastomer cutting, ensuring reliable contact and maintaining signal integrity by providing the correct elastomer length for each test socket, enhancing the setup efficiency and reducing the risk of damage during shipping.
Implementation Method 1
The cylindrical elastomer keeps the contact links in place, and their resiliency acts like a spring mechanism for the links. This allows for vertical movement on the link.
Data Source
AI summary
A socket mount for use in connection with an integrated circuit test socket having a body with fastener holes, a plurality of electrical connector links, and a plurality of elastomer elements biasing said links, the socket mount comprising a block having a flat upper surface, a flat lower surface, and four flat edges defining a square, and respective fastener holes aligned with the fastener holes in the test socket, a first groove oriented perpendicularly with respect to a flat edge along the flat lower surface, and a second groove oriented diagonally from a first edge to a second edge along the flat lower surface, the grooves having a length equal to a length of elastomer in the test socket.