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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:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William B. Walkup, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Nick Lin, Tu-Chen, TW;
Assignee:
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3625 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3625 ;
Abstract
An electrical socket ( ) for supporting a CPU to electrically connect with a PCB comprises a non-conductive base ( ) defining plural rows of through holes ( ), a plurality of terminals ( ) retained in corresponding through holes, and a slidable cover ( ) mounted on the base. Each terminal has a retaining portion ( ), a soldering portion ( ) and a mating beam ( ) extending from opposite ends of the retaining portion, respectively. The mating beam extends slantedly and upwardly from the retaining portion beyond a top face ( ) of the base for conductively contacting a corresponding pin ( ) of the CPU.