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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
Abstract
A high current capacity socket ( ) includes a base ( ) and a number of side contacts ( ). The base includes a bottom plate ( ), a pair of sidewalls ( ) extending upwardly from opposite sides of the bottom plate. A number of passageways ( ) are defined in the bottom plate and corresponding terminals ( ) are received in the passageways. A receiving room ( ) is defined in the center of the bottom plate. The side contacts are fixed in the sidewall ( ) of the base ( ) to transmit current to a printed circuit board or grounded to reduce the dimension of an integrated circuit package that is received in the receiving room.