Ball grid array socket
CA 2406507 A1 · Owner: Fci Americas Technology, Inc. · Inventors: Evans, Robert F.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A socket is disclosed for connecting an electrical device to an external circuit, such as a printed circuit board. The socket comprises a housing having a bottom surface and a, top surface with a plurality of apertures therethrough a plurality of contact , terminals, each terminal disposed within one of the apertures of the housing and a compressible structure of, electrical conductive material disposed within each of the plurality of contact terminals. Additionally, the socket may also include a loading device for securing the electrical device to, the socket. 16
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed October 3, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 3, 2022.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 3, 2024.
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