Socket having frame for supporting thermal module
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorMing-Lun Szu
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Abstract
A socket (10) for connecting a CPU (30) to a PCB (50) includes a base (12) and a frame (20) surrounding the base. The base has a plurality of terminals (14) received therein. A receiving space is defined between the base and the frame, for receiving the CPU therein. When the CPU is fittingly received in the receiving space of the socket, the CPU contacts the terminals. When a thermal module (40) is placed in thermal contact with the CPU, the frame supports the thermal module. Thus the frame prevents the thermal module from causing the CPU to press too hard against the terminals.
Claims5
An electronic device assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- a socket mounted on the printed circuit board, the socket comprising a base and a frame surrounding the base, the base receiving a plurality of terminals therein, the base and the frame cooperatively defining a receiving space;
- an electronic device received in the receiving space of the socket;
- and
- a thermal module in thermal contact with the electronic device and contactingly supported by the frame of the socket, the thermal module being attached to the printed circuit board thereby fixing the electronic device to the socket.
A socket adapted for connecting an electronic device to a printed circuit board, the socket comprising:
- a base receiving a plurality of terminals therein for mating with the electronic device;
- and
- a frame surrounding the base;
- wherein a receiving space is defined between the base and the frame for receiving the electronic device therein, and when the electronic device is fixed to the socket by a thermal module, the frame contactingly supports the thermal module and the electronic device fittingly mates with the terminals of the base, whereby the frame of the socket prevents the thermal module from causing the electronic device to press too hard against the terminals of the base.
An electronic device assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- a socket mounted on the printed circuit board, the socket comprising a base and a frame surrounding the base, the base receiving a plurality of terminals therein, the base and the frame cooperatively defining a receiving space;
- an electronic device received in the receiving space of the socket, the electronic device defining a top face located above a top surface of the frame in a vertical direction when said electronic device is, at a free stage, upwardly supported in said vertical direction by thereunder the terminals which are in a relaxed manner;
- and
- a thermal module disposed upon and in thermal and physical contact with the electronic device thereunder, and spaced from the top surface of the frame with a distance when said electronic device is at said free stage;
- wherein
- a fastening device fastens the printed circuit board and the thermal module together in said vertical direction and imposes a vertical force upon the thermal module to press downwardly against the electronic device at an engagement stage thus having the terminals in a compressed manner, under a condition that the thermal module is additionally supported in said vertical direction by the frame instead of by the electronic device only.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.