Land grid array socket connector with anti-slippery load lever structure
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsShuo-Hsiu Hsu, Nan-Hung Lin
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Abstract
A socket connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts received in the insulative housing, a stiffener (2) attaching to periphery of the insulative housing, a load plate (3) pivotally mounted to one side of the stiffener, a load lever (4) pivotally mounted on the opposite side of the stiffener relative to the load plate, and a sheath piece (5) attached to the operating part of the load lever. The load lever includes a fixing part (41), an actuating part (42) perpendicular to the fixing part, and an operating part (43) formed at the distal end of the actuating part. The load plate is capable of moving towards the insulative housing between an original, open position and a final, closed position.
Claims18
A socket connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing;
- a stiffener attaching to periphery of the insulative housing;
- a load plate pivotally mounted to one side of the stiffener and capable of moving towards the insulative housing between an original, open position and a final, closed position;
- a load lever pivotally mounted on the opposite side of the stiffener relative to the load plate, the load lever comprising a fixing part, an actuating part perpendicular to the fixing part, and an operating part formed at the distal end of the actuating part;
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- a sheath piece attached to the operating part of the load lever.
A socket connector comprising:
- an insulative housing equipped with a plurality of contacts therein and defining two opposite lengthwise ends in a longitudinal direction;
- a metallic stiffener having at least two opposite first and second portions respectively located intimately outside of said two opposite lengthwise ends of the housing;
- a metallic load plate pivotally mounted to the first portion of the stiffener with a distal end moveable around the second portion of the stiffener;
- a metallic lever pivotally mounted to the second portion with a distal end moveable around the first portion of the stiffener, and defining a fixing part pivotally mounted to the second portion and an actuating part extending in said longitudinal direction by one side of the housing;
- the distal end of the load plate downwardly pressed by the fixing part of the lever during use;
- an operation part formed at a end of the actuating part and essentially inside the actuating part in a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction while exposed outside of the first portion in said longitudinal direction;
- wherein
- a sheath piece covering the operation part in a downward direction perpendicular to both said longitudinal direction and said transverse direction under condition that said sheath piece defines an upward face equipped with anti-slip structures for efficiently performing both shielding and operation functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.