Socket connector having positioning members for orientating cover and base thereof
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsKun Tang, Jie-Feng Zhang, Wen He
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Abstract
A socket connector (1) for electrically connecting a Central Processing Unit (CPU) with a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), includes a base (10), a cover (20) and a shaft (30) attached to the cover and pivotally driving the cover to move on the base. The base has a plurality of conductive contacts received therein and defines a plurality of apertures (104) in the middle thereof. The cover forms a plurality of pillars (208) extending through the apertures and forward a lower surface of the base. The pillars are moveable in the apertures along with the cover.
Claims8
A socket connector for electrically connecting a Central Processing Unit (CPU) with a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), comprising:
- a base with a plurality of conductive contacts received therein defining a plurality of apertures in the middle thereof, the base comprising at least two lugs at lateral sides thereof and a receiving portion at a rear part thereof, the receiving portion defining a first recess;
- a cover forming a plurality of pillars extending through the apertures and toward a lower surface of the base, the cover comprising a pair of lateral walls defining a plurality of recessed portions at inner surfaces thereof such that the lugs are moveably received in the recessed portions, the cover comprising a head portion corresponding to the receiving portion, the head portion defining a second recess, both transverse sections of the recesses semicircle-shaped and the recesses combining a column receiving space, the cover forming a locking portion at a lateral side thereof;
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- a shaft pivotally driving the cover to move on the base along a front-to-back direction, the shaft comprising an active portion received in the column receiving space and a driving portion capable of being locked with the locking portion of the cover;
- wherein the pillars are moveable in the apertures along with the cover in the front-to-back direction, both the rear part and the head portion extend along a transverse direction relative to the front-to-back direction.
An electrical connector for electrically connecting a Central Processing Unit (CPU) to a main board, comprising:
- a first housing defining a plurality of first passageways and at least one aperture defined among the passageways;
- a second housing attached to the first housing and moveable along a front-to-back direction with respect to the first housing, the second housing defining a plurality of second passageways therethrough;
- at least one protrusion extending from the second housing towards the first housing and moveably received in the at least one aperture of the first housing along the front-to-back direction;
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- a plurality of contacts disposed in one of the first housing and the second housing, each contact having a solder ball attached thereto which is located in a first plane;
- wherein
- the at least one protrusion has a distal end extending outside of the first housing to the first plane to perform as a standoff.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative base defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively;
- an insulative cover with lateral walls defining an area with a plurality of through holes in vertical alignment with the corresponding passageways, respectively, said cover being moveable relative to the base along a front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of pillars mounted within the area of the cover through holes and not as part of the cover lateral walls,
- each pillar has a short upward protrusion unitarily extending from an upper face of the cover and;
- each pillar also has a long downward protrusion unitarily extending from a lower face of the cover in vertical alignment with the corresponding short upward protrusions, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.