Socket assembly with pick up cap
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorShuo-Hsiu Hsu
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Abstract
A socket assembly, adapted for connecting IC package to a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing; and a pick up cap covering the insulative housing. The pick up cap has a position unit and a moving unit assembled to the position unit. The moving unit is movable relative to the position unit in a horizontal direction. The moving unit has a plurality of latch latching the insulative housing to retain the pick up cap to the insulative housing when the moving unit slides.
Claims17
A socket assembly, adapted for connecting IC package to a printed circuit board, comprises:
- a socket, the socket formed with an insulative housing, and a plurality of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing;
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- a pick up cap covering the insulative housing, the pick up cap having a position unit and a moving unit assembled to the position unit, the moving unit movable relative to the position unit from an open position to a closed, and having a plurality of latches, the sliding latch latching with the insulative housing to retain the pick up cap to the insulative housing when the moving unit is moved from the open position to the closed position;
- wherein said moving unit is moveable along a horizontal direction relative to the position unit.
A pick up cap, adapted for use with a socket, comprises:
- a position unit with an exposed smooth surface;
- and a moving unit assembled to the position unit, the moving unit movable relative to the position unit from an open position to a closed position, the moving unit having a plurality of sliding latch downwardly extending for latching with the socket;
- wherein the moving unit is moveable along a horizontal direction from the said open position to the closed position.
A method of assembling a pick-up cap upon an electrical connector comprising steps of:
- providing the electrical connector with an insulative housing defining an upward receiving space therein, and with a plurality of conductive contacts disposed within the housing with corresponding contacting sections upwardly extending into the receiving space;
- providing the pick-up cap with a positioning unit and a moving unit associated with each other wherein said moving unit is moveable relative to the positioning unit;
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- downwardly positioning the positioning unit upon the housing in a vertical direction to cover the receiving space initially, and moving the moving unit from an open position to a locked position to lock with the housing;
- wherein said moving unit is moveable between the open position and the closed position in a horizontal direction perpendicular to said vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.