Universally programmable shorting plug for an integrated circuit socket
CA 1069598 A · Owner: Aries Electronics · Inventors: Crimmins, David J.
Overview
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A shorting plug for selectively interconnecting contacts of an integrated circuit socket includes a housing for supporting a terminal pin assembly including a plurality of terminal pins corresponding to the number of contacts of the integrated circuit socket, with the terminal pins being electrically shorted together by electrically conductive bridges. Each bridge includes a removable portion that is partially pre-sheared so as to enable the removable portion to be broken out to arrange the paths of electricity in the terminal pin assembly in any desired pattern.
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Why it's free to use
- Granted January 8, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 8, 1997.
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