Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Hui Ye

Yang Zhou

Wen He

Fu-Jin Peng

Ren-Chih Li

Quan Wang

Jun Cheng

Pei-Liang Yuan

HuaYin Huang

Wen-Qiang Zhang

JinMin Zeng

Guoliang Zheng

Jin-Min Zeng

Qi-Lin Liao

Xue Gong Lei

An electrical socket used for an electronic package with a plurality of pins, includes a base defining a number of passageways in a vertical direction. A number of contacts are received in the passageways. A cover is slidably mounted upon the base and defines a plurality of holes corresponding to the passageways. A cam is used for driving the cover horizontally moved along the base between an open position and a closed position. Wherein, the pins moves with regard to the contact in a linear return path when the electrical socket moved from the open position to the closed position or from the closed position to the open position.

Electrical socket having improved cam

An electrical connector includes an insulative base, a cover mounted on the base, a number of conductive terminals secured to the base, and a cam actuator extending through said cover and base to actuate the cover to slide on the base. The cam actuator includes a retention disk, a central disk, a cam disk, a transition disk, and a driving disk from down to up. The retention disk and the central disk are coaxial and located in the base. The cam disk, the transition disk, and the driving disk are coaxial and located in the cover. The cam actuator rotates on axis of the central disk. The axis of the cam disk is parallel to but offset from the axis of the central disk. The diameter of the transition disk is less than the diameter of the driving disk and more than the diameter of the cam disk.

Electrical connector with improved cam actuator

An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts, a fastening mechanism, and a floating cover. The contacts are received in the insulative housing and have mating portions extending of the insulative housing. The fastening mechanism includes a stiffener with a planar frame surrounding the insulative housing. The floating cover is provided with a number of openings to receive the mating portions of the contacts. The floating cover has a number of spring elements so as to floatably mount to the insulative housing and the stiffener.

Grid array connector with floating cover

An electrical contact () for using in a CPU (central processing unit) socket, includes a planar base portion (), a pair of flexible arms () extending from the planar base portion, a pair of contact portions () being orthogonal to the flexible arms, a pair of stopper portions () coplanarly formed on the flexible arms and a solder portion () being orthogonal to the planar base portion and extending parallel to the contact portions.

Electrical contact with stopper and electrical connector having the same

An electrical connector () includes a housing (), a cover () slidably covering the housing () and a protecting mechanism (). The protecting mechanism includes a top plate (), a bottom plate () defining a first hole () thereon and a protecting plate () having an engaging portion () proximate to the inner surface of the first hole. The electrical connector further has an actuator () including a head () and a cam portion () engaging with the engaging portion.

Electrical connector having an improved protecting mechanism

A ball grid array (BGA) socket includes an insulative housing (), a number of terminals () and a protecting device (). The insulative housing includes a mating surface (), a mounting surface () opposite to mating surface, a plurality of passageways () extending between the mating surface and the mounting surface and a plurality of electrical terminals () received in the passageways. Each of the terminals includes a body portion (); a contacting portion () extending forwardly from the body portion and a soldering portion () extending downwardly from the body portion and extending beyond the mounting surface of the insulative housing. The protecting device is arranged on the mounting surface. In a perpendicular direction, a distance between a bottom surface of the protecting device and the mounting surface is longer or equal to another distance between soldering portion and the mounting surface.

Ball grid array socket having improved housing

An electrical connector () is for electrically connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate. The connector includes a base () with a locating slot () defined therein, a cover () slidably attached on the base, and an actuation device () assembled in the locating slot for actuating the cover to slide along the base. The actuation device includes a camshaft () and an operation lever (). The camshaft includes a first supporting portions () adjacent to the operation lever and a second supporting portion (). A gap exists between the first supporting portion and the locating slot. When the operation lever is accidentally over-rotated beyond a perpendicular position, the camshaft applies a force to the locating slot at the second supporting portion instead of the first supporting portion. This protects the locating slot from being destroyed.

Electrical connector with strengthened actuation device

A socket connector () for electrically interconnecting a CPU package and a PCB includes a base (), a cover () slidably mounted on the base, an actuator mechanism () sandwiched between the cover and the base, and a plurality of terminals () received in the base. The base defines an actuator channel () having a protrusion block () in a middle thereof, and an array of terminal-passages () receiving the terminals therein. The actuator mechanism includes a shaft () having a protrusion () corresponding to the protrusion block, and a handle lever () extending from the shaft. When the CPU package is mounted onto the connector with zero inserted force, the protrusion block is mated with the protrusion to keep the actuator mechanism at a vertical position. The protrusion block increases a strength of the base to protect the base from distortion or damage should it sustain unduly large force.

Socket connector with actuator mechanism mating means

An electrical connector assembly () includes a first connector () and a second connector () mated with the first connector. The first connector includes a first housing (), and a plurality of first terminals () received in the first housing. The first housing includes a protruding portion () defining two recesses (). Each recess has two first interference blocks (). The second connector includes a second housing (), and a plurality of second terminals () received in the second housing. The second housing includes a receiving space (), for receiving the protruding portion of the first connector. The receiving space includes two projections () corresponding to the recesses of the first connector. Each projection has two first interference blocks () interferentially engaging with the corresponding first interference blocks of the protruding portion. As a result, retention force between the first connector and the second connector is reinforced.

Electrical connector assembly with complementary recess and projection interengagement

An insulation displacement contact (IDC) connector ( ) includes a housing ( ) receiving a plurality of contacts ( ), a cover ( ) and a locking member ( ). The cover has two latches ( ) at opposite ends thereof, and the locking member has two arms ( ) at opposite ends thereof. The housing has two receptacles ( ) at opposite ends thereof. Each receptacle includes an inner wall, two parallel sidewalls ( ) extending from the inner wall, and an outer wall ( ) interconnecting the two sidewalls. Each outer wall has two gaps ( ) respectively adjacent the sidewalls and spanning from a bottom edge thereof to a middle section thereof, for providing the outer wall with better elasticity. The latches and the arms insert into the receptacles with the outer walls elastically deforming, thereby establishing electrical connection between tails of the contacts and a determined section of a flat cable, while not damage the outer wall.

Insulation displacement contact connector

A socket connector ( ) for electrically interconnecting a CPU package and a PCB includes a base ( ), a cover ( ) slidably mounted on the base, an actuator mechanism ( ) sandwiched between the cover and the base, and a plurality of terminals ( ) received in the base. The base defines a first actuator channel ( ) and an array of terminal-passages ( ) for receiving the terminals therein. The cover defines a second actuator channel ( ), corresponding to the first actuator channel. The first and second actuator channels form mating members ( ), respectively. The actuator mechanism includes a shaft ( ), and a handle lever ( ) extending perpendicularly from one end of the shaft. The shaft defines mating means ( ) mating with the mating members to keep the handle lever from unduly rotating.

An electrical connector for electrically connecting an electronic package such as a central processing unit with a circuit substrate such as a printed circuit board. The electrical connector includes an insulative base ( ), and a cover ( ) slidably attached on the base. The cover includes a pair of opposite retention flanges ( ). A pair of sliding slots ( ) is defined in the flanges, and a pair of locating recesses ( ) is defined in the flanges respectively adjacent the sliding slots. The base includes a pair of opposite sliding rails ( ), and a pair of locating protrusions ( ) formed respectively adjacent the sliding rails. When the cover is attached to the base, the sliding slots guide and receive the sliding rails therein, and the locating recesses retainingly receive the locating protrusions therein.

Socket connector with reliable cover and base configuration

An electrical connector ( ) for electrically connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate. The connector includes a base ( ), a cover ( ) slidably attached on the base, and an actuation device ( ) for actuating the cover to slide along the base. The actuation device includes a camshaft and an operation lever ( ). The camshaft is rotatably positioned between the base and the cover, and defines a locating recess ( ) therein. The base includes a main portion ( ) and a front portion ( ). The front portion defines an engaging surface ( ) for engaging with the cover. A locating slot is defined at the engaging surface, rotatably locating the camshaft of the actuation device therein. The front portion forms a locating block ( ) in the slot. The locating block engages with the camshaft at the locating recess, to help prevent the operation lever from being over-rotated in either of opposite directions.

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