Socket structure and method for forming the same
AssigneeDelta Electronics, Inc.
InventorChun-Chen Chen
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Abstract
A socket and a method for forming the same are provided. The socket includes a main body, at least a terminal mounted on the main body, wherein the terminal includes a central pillar having a first end and a second end, a first ring mounted on the central pillar and having a first surface and a second surface, and a second ring mounted on the central pillar and having a third surface and a fourth surface, wherein the second surface and the third surface are adjacent to each other and have a distance therebetween, and at least a conducting piece having an opening mounted thereon for being sleeved on the second end of the central pillar and directly and electrically connected with the second ring.
Claims16
A socket comprising:
- a main body;
- at least a terminal mounted on said main body, said terminal comprising:
- a central pillar having a first end and a second end;
- a first ring mounted on said central pillar having a first surface and a second surface;
- and
- a second ring mounted on said central pillar having a third surface and a fourth surface, wherein said second surface and said third surface are adjacent to each other and have a distance therebetween;
- and
- at least a conducting piece having an opening for being sleeved on said second end of said central pillar and directly and electrically connected with said second ring, said central pillar through said opening, and said second end, after assembled, of said terminal to form thereby three contact areas thereamong tightly, by a purposely selected amount of an external force,
- wherein said second end of said terminal is riveted by said purposely selected amount of external force so that said conducting piece is directly and fixedly rejected against said second ring and said purposely selected amount of said external force is selected based, at least in part, on forming said contact area, which is a contact plane, between said riveted second end of said terminal and said conducting piece.
A socket comprising:
- a main body;
- at least a terminal mounted on said main body, said terminal comprising:
- a central pillar having a first end and a second end;
- a first ring mounted on said central pillar having a first surface and a second surface;
- and
- a second ring mounted on said central pillar having a third surface and a fourth surface, wherein said second surface and said third surface are adjacent to each other and have a distance therebetween;
- and
- at least a conducting piece having an opening for being sleeved on said second end of said central pillar and directly and electrically connected with said second ring, said central pillar through said opening, and said second end, after assembled, of said terminal to form thereby three contact areas thereamong tightly, by a purposely selected amount of an external force;
- wherein said second end of said terminal is riveted by said purposely selected amount of external force so that said conducting piece is directly and fixedly biased against said second ring and said purposely selected amount of said external force is selected based, at least in part, on forming said three contact areas, at least one of which is a contact plane between said riveted second end of said terminal and said conducting piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.