Electrical connector assembly with pick up cap
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHao-Yun Ma
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly (1) includes an LGA connector (2) and a pick up cap (3) mounted onto the connector. The connector defines a number of cells (26) for receiving a corresponding number of contacts (20). The pick up cap mounted onto the connector has a first surface (36) engagable with a vacuum suction device and a second surface (38) having at least one protrusion (40, 42) extending downwardly therefrom, said at least one protrusion spaces the second surface of the pick up cap from a top surface (245) of the connector to form a gap (35) therebetween, thereby permitting heated air to flow therethrough during mounting the connector assembly onto the circuit substrate by SMT.
Claims13
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector for being mounted onto a circuit substrate by surface mount technology(SMT);
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- a pick up cap mounted onto the connector and having a first surface engagable with a vacuum suction device and a second surface, opposite to the first surface, having at least one protrusion extending downwardly therefrom, said at least one protrusion spacing the second surface of the pick up cap from a top surface of the connector to form a gap therebetween under a condition that said second surface is not engaged with any portions of said top surface of the connector, thereby permitting heated air to flow therethrough during mounting the connector assembly onto the circuit substrate by SMT;
- wherein the pick up cap comprises at least one passage there through;
- wherein the pick up cap comprises a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and a pair of first latches are formed at the first end and a pair of second latches are formed at the second end;
- wherein the pick up cap has a pair of first protrusions and a pair of second protrusions formed at the first end and the second end respectively.
A pick up cap adapted to be mounted onto a connector for providing a first surface engagable with a vacuum suction device, comprising:
- a planar body comprising a second surface opposite to the first surface, at least one protrusion formed at the second surface, and a large gap formed between the connector and the pick up cap while the protrusion being against a top surface of the connector under a condition that the second surface is not engaged with any portions of the top surface;
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- a plurality of latches formed at sides of the planar body, the latches capable of catching the connector to mount the pick up cap on the connector;
- wherein the planar body comprises a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and a pair of first latches are formed at the first end and a pair of second latches are formed at the second end;
- wherein two pair of protrusions perpendicularly downwardly extend from the second surface of the pick up cap and are formed at the first end and the second end respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.