Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Darrell Lynn Wertz

David Gregory Howell

Hao-Yun Ma

Ming-Lun Szu

Albert Harvey Terhune, Iv

Alex Lon An

Cheng-Chi Yeh

Kevin E Walker

Tod M Harlan

Chia-Wei Fan

Joanne E Shipe

Brian J Gillespie

Albert Terhune

An electrical connector for connecting a package and a mother board includes an insulating sheet defining a top surface confronting with the package and a lower surface confronting with the mother board, and a plurality of contacts. The insulating sheet has a plurality of through holes through the top surface and the lower surface thereof and arranged in a matrix. The plurality of contacts is pressed in the corresponding through holes from the top surface of the insulating sheet. Each contact includes a main plate, a pair of first contacting arms from opposite edges of the main plates for contacting with the package and a pair of second contacting arm from another opposite edges of the main plate for contacting with the board.

Electrical connector with X-type dual spring contacts for lower profile and lattice shielding therewith

An electrical connector assembly () for electrically connecting a CPU () with a printed circuit board () and includes a housing assembly () with a number of contacts () received therein and a cable connector () rotatably assembled to the housing assembly (), the cable connector () includes a gate () rotatably assembled to the housing assembly () and a number of terminals () assembled in the gate (), the gate () includes a shaft () assembled to the housing assembly () and the gate () rotates around the shaft ().

Electrical connector assembly having cable connector rotatably assembled thereon

An electrical connector assembly () includes an electrical connector, a CPU () assembled to the electrical connector and a pair of cable connector assembles () assembled to two opposite sides of the CPU (), each of the cable connector assembly () includes a cable connector () assembled to the CPU () and a cable () assembled to the cable connector (), the electrical connector includes a first load lever () with a first press portion () pressing one of the cables () and a second load lever () with a second press portion () pressing the other of the cables ().

Electrical connector assembly having independent loading mechanism facilitating interconnections for both CPU and cable

A heat dissipating system adapted to dissipate heat generated from an IC package mounted onto a socket connector, comprises a heat dissipating device comprising a heat spreader embedded with at least one heat pipe and a supporting plate flexibly seated upon an upper face of the heat spreader, and a clip located upon the heat dissipating device for pressing the heat dissipating device downward toward the socket connector.

Low profile heat dissipating system with freely-oriented heat pipe

A socket connector is provided to receive an IC package having an array of conductive balls thereunder. The socket connector includes an insulative housing defining a plurality of receiving holes and a plurality of contacts received in the receiving holes respectively. Each contact includes a bottom plate and at least two contacting beams extending upwardly from the bottom plate and jointly defining a receiving space for the ball of the IC package. At least one contacting beam has a sharp blade facing toward the receiving space so as to engage the ball when the IC package is mounted on the housing.

Socket connector having contact with multiple beams jointly grasping ball of IC package

A heat dissipating system adapted to dissipate heat generated from an electrical package mounted onto a socket connector, comprises a clip defining a downward lower pressing portion; and a heat dissipating device disposed under the clip, being adapted to in contact with a surface of the electrical package and embedded with a number of springs evenly disposed on an upper surface thereof adapted to be pressed by the pressing portion.

Lower profile heat dissipating system embedded with springs

A loading plate includes a substantially rectangular primary plate with a central opening thereof and a pair of sidewalls extending downwardly from opposite edges of the primary plate. The primary plate includes a plurality of depressing portions distributed along the inner periphery of the opening, a pair of opposite mounting holes located at opposite ends thereof, and a pair of slits respectively formed adjacent the mounting holes.

Loading arrangement having robust and compliant mounting member

A socket connector assembly, adapted for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing, a cover plate, a heat pipe retainer with two heat pipes, and a plurality of fastening members. The insulative housing defines a space for the IC package. The heat pipe retainer with the heat pipes are seated on the IC package received in the insulative housing. The cover plate is upon the heat pipe retainer. The heat pipe retainer is formed with a dowel pin in a center thereof, and the cover plate is formed with a hole receiving the dowel pin, so that the heat pipe retainer is flexibly orientated and can rotates around the hole. The cover plate defines at least one first pressing finger downward pressing an upper surface of the heat pipe retainer so as to exert downward force evenly to a heat pipe retainer therefore preventing potential warpage of the heat pipe.

Socket connector assembly with flexible orientation heat pipe

An electrical connector assembly () for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprises a plurality of contacts () and a processor (), the contact () comprises a base portion (), a pair of contacting portions () and a solder portion () extend from the base portion (), the processor () comprises a plurality of pins () each includes a cylinder portion () and a cone portion () extending downwardly from the cylinder portion (), the bottom end of the cone portion () is thinner than the top end thereof to guiding the pins () inserted into the contacts (), the contacting portions () contacts with the cone portion () respectively.

Electrical connector assembly having electrical connector with low profile and processor with cone pins

A loading mechanism includes a loading plate, a proportional distributing plate disposed under the loading plate and defining a frame structure. The proportional distributing plate includes engaging tabs at corners thereof and four sides each having an abutting section located at a lower level than the engaging tab. The loading plate depresses the tabs of the distributing plate which subsequently transfer the load applied on the tabs to the abutting sections of the sides.

Loading mechanism having proportional distributing arrangement

An electrical connector () comprises an insulative housing (), a plurality terminals received in the housing (), a stiffener () engaged with the housing (), a clip () and a lever () pivotably mounted on two opposite sides of the stiffener (). The lever () comprises a pair of locating portions () pivotably received in the stiffener (), an offset actuating portion () between the locating portions (), and an operating portion () extending upward and frontward from an end of the locating portions () and bent far away from the housing ().

Electrical connector

Lever for electrical socket connector assembly

A socket adapted for electrically connecting an IC package and a PCB, comprising: a body mounted on the PCB for electrically connecting the IC package, a holder mounted on the PCB and beside the body and a clip for retaining the IC package in the body. The clip has two hook portions by which the clip pivotally assembles to the holder. The hook portion has an arched portion and a tab extending from the arched portion, the tab can abut against the holder to prevent the clip from over-rotation.

Integrated socket clip with rotation control tabs

An electrical connector assembly () comprising a substrate (), an electrical connector mounted onto the upper surface () of the substrate () and comprising an insulative housing () with a plurality of contacts () and a load plate () pivotally mounted onto the substrate () adjacent to the insulative housing () and substantially covering the insulative housing (), a reinforcing member () assembled to the lower surface of the substrate () and an interlocking cam () rotationally mounted on a free end of the load plate (), and extending through the substrate () to interlock to the reinforcing member () at a first position in which the load plate () is pressed toward the insulative housing (), and rotated to a second position in which the load plate () is free to move away from the insulative housing (). The rotatable cam () includes a recess () that when interlocked with a projecting member () extending into a hole () in a back plate () serves to fasten the load plate () in closed position.

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Chandler, AZ, United States of America

Darrell Lynn Wertz