Electrical connector assembly including a back plate having a curved inner region and a flat outer region
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsShan-Yong Cheng, Chih-Kai Yang
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Abstract
A connector assembly for mounting a chip module to a printed circuit board (PCB) includes: a seating mechanism including a socket connector, a metallic seat frame, and a metallic load plate; a back plate; and plural fasteners extending through the seating mechanism, the PCB, and the back plate to fasten the seating mechanism and the back plate on two opposite sides of the PCB, wherein the back plate has a curved inner region and a flat outer region and the fasteners extend through the flat outer region of the back plate.
Claims6
A connector assembly for mounting a chip module to a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising:
- a seating mechanism including a socket connector, a metallic seat frame, and a metallic load plate;
- a back plate;
- and
- a plurality of fasteners extending through the seating mechanism, the PCB, and the back plate to fasten the seating mechanism and the back plate on two opposite sides of the PCB;
- wherein
- the back plate has a curved inner region substantially at a center thereof for abutting against the PCB and a flat outer region;
- and
- the plurality of fasteners extend through the flat outer region of the back plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.