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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Benito Joseph Rodriguez, Redmond, WA (US);
Anand Avinash Kulkarni, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rameez Kadar Kazi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christy Felix Pradeep Antony, Mississauga, CA;
Robert Forrest Koerner, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A socket used to connect a processor assembly to a PCB is protected during handling and/or processor installation using a laterally removable pin cover. To install the processor assembly, the processor assembly is paced in a cover removal position. While the processor assembly is in the cover removal position, the laterally removable pin cover is laterally removed from the socket. The processor assembly may then be placed into the installed position without ever exposing the connector pins on the socket.