ZIF socket with locking means
 A zero insertion force socket comprises a base and a cover movably mounted on the base. The base has a body portion from a front edge of which a head extends and two cutouts defined beside the head. A hole is defined in the head and in communicating with the two cutouts via a space defined below the bottom of the head. The cover has two sockets extending downward therefrom and movably received in the cutouts. A locking strip has two ends firmly retained in the sockets and an intermediate portion positioned in the space below the bottom of the head. A spring member is formed in the intermediate portion of the locking strip and movably received in the hole of the head of the base. A recess is defined at a bottom of the base for receiving the spring member when the spring member is deformed and moved together with the cover. 
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
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H01R H05K
inventional inventional
Robert G Yu-Sung Wen-Chun
McHugh Lee Pei