Terminal structure of a socket
AssigneeMicro-Star Int'l Co., Ltd.
InventorsChang-Ta Wu, Chun-Chieh Wang
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Abstract
A terminal structure of a socket has two abutting contact surfaces on a terminal to form an acute angle to become a guiding mechanism to couple and contact with a pin of a chip easier and more accurately, and reduce faulty coupling of the pin and prevent the pin and terminal from deformation, fracturing or defective contact caused by tilting of the pin during insertion. The terminal structure of a socket may be applied on SMT and DIP applications, and is adaptable to pin slots of various shapes, and provide improved common sharing capability and applicability, and may be fabricated at a lower cost.
Claims2
A terminal structure of a socket coupling and in contact with a plurality of pins of a chip, comprising:
- a plurality of terminals located in a plurality of pin slots of the socket, each of the terminals having two abutting contact surfaces forming an acute angle, each pin having lateral sides in contact with the contact surfaces of the terminal, the terminal has at least a jutting hump formed on a desired location of an inner side thereof to engage with the contact surfaces of the terminal to hold the pin and to increase the contact area and coupling strength.
A terminal structure of a socket comprising a socket, a plurality of pin slots formed on the socket and a plurality of terminals located in the pin slots coupling and in contact with a plurality of pins of a chip, wherein:
- each of the terminals has two abutting contact surfaces forming an acute angle, each pin having lateral sides in contact with the contact surfaces of the terminal, the terminal has at least a jutting hump formed on a desired location of an inner side thereof to engage with the contact surfaces of the terminal to hold the pin and to increase the contact area and coupling strength.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.