# US 8,147,266 B2 · Fastener for a socket connector

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- Number: US 8,147,266 B2
- Document ID: US8147266B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/215,812
- Filed: 2011-08-23
- Published: 2011-12-15
- Granted: 2012-04-03
- Earliest claimed: 2007-07-27
- Assignees: Molex Incorporated
- Inventors: Yi-Tse Ho
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8147266B2

## CPC

- H05K 7/1053: {having interior leads}
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

## Abstract

A fastener for a socket connector includes a frame and a pressing assembly. The frame has an opening and a plurality of protrusions. The protrusions extend from inner edges of the frame toward the opening. The pressing assembly has a cover and a buckling piece. The cover is pivotally connected to the frame. The buckling piece locks the cover on the frame. Using the above arrangement, the protrusions are used to accurately align the socket connector within the opening, thus the inter edge surface of the frame is aligned with the outer peripheral surface of the socket connector. In this way, the pressing assembly of the frame can be operated accurately to lock and press a chip module on the socket connector.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fastener for a socket connector, comprising: a frame having an opening and a plurality of protrusions, the protrusions extending from inner edges of the frame toward the opening; and a pressing assembly having a cover and a buckling piece, the cover being pivotally connected to the frame, and the buckling piece locking the cover to the frame, wherein one end of the cover is pivotally connected to one end of the frame, the buckling piece is pivotally connected to the other end of the cover, wherein the buckling piece has a pivoting plate and a rocking plate, the pivoting plate has a tongue, and the frame includes a blocking plate having an opening therein to interact with the tongue to retain the cover to the frame.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fastener for a socket connector according to claim 1, wherein one end of the cover has a pair of holes, one end of the frame is provided with a pair of connecting portions, the pair of holes is pivotally connected onto the pair of connecting portions.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fastener for a socket connector according to claim 1, wherein one end of the frame has an abutting portion, the top surface of the cover abuts on the abutting portion.