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US 12,326,461 B2Granted
Test socket connector having latch with a bottom guiding portion
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorMing-Yue Chen
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: a base and a contact module received by the base; a cover movably disposed relative to the base; and a latch mechanism including a pair of latches pivotably disposed relative to the cover and rotatably disposed relative to the base, wherein each of the pair of latches has an upper guiding portion and the base has a corresponding portion for engaging the upper guiding portion.
Claims3
An electrical connector comprising:
- a base and a contact module received by the base;
- a cover movably disposed relative to the base;
- and
- a latch mechanism including a pair of latches pivotably disposed relative to the cover and rotatably disposed relative to the base for being capable of moving between a locked position and an unlocked position;
- wherein
- each of the pair of latches has an upper guiding portion and a lower guiding portion and the base has a corresponding portion for engaging the upper guiding portion and the lower guiding portion;
- during a later stroke of movement of the latch toward the unlocked position, engagement of the upper guiding portion and the corresponding portion of the base assists in rotating the latch;
- and
- during an initial stroke of movement of the latch from the unlocked position toward the locked position, engagement of the lower guiding portion and the corresponding portion of the base assists in rotating the latch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.