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US 2008/0293279 A1Published application
Electrical connector having improved contacts
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind.Co., Ltd.
InventorMing-Yue Chen
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Abstract
An electrical contact (5) adapted for connection a BGA device to a PCB includes a pair of arm portions defining a pair of clamping portions (51, 52) at top ends thereof for corresponding solder balls of the BGA device, a C-shaped spring portion (53) extending from a bottom end of one arm portion (51) and a contacting portion (54) extending from a free end of the spring portion for touch the PCB. The spring portion opens perpendicularly to the arm portions.
Claims7
An electrical contact adapted for connection a ball grid array (BGA) device to a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising:
- a pair of arm portions defining a pair of clamping portions at top ends thereof for corresponding solder balls of the BGA device;
- a C-shaped spring portion extending from a bottom end of one arm portion, the spring portion being opening perpendicularly to the arm portions;
- a contacting portion extending from a free end of the spring portion for touch the PCB.
An electrical contact comprising:
- a lying U-shaped section defining opposite first and second side walls linked by a bight;
- a first arm extending upwardly from the first side wall;
- a second arm extending upwardly from the second side wall;
- upper ends of said first arm and said second arm commonly defining a ball receiving space;
- a leg downwardly extending from the first side wall with a contact end for engagement with an electric pad;
- wherein
- the leg is outwardly curved, the second arm is outwardly deflected while the first arm is straight.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.