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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Robert R. Martinson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Yupeng LI, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tieyu Zheng, Chandler, AZ (US);
Mandy G. Mistakawi, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas G. Ruttan, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Robert R. Martinson, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Yupeng Li, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tieyu Zheng, Chandler, AZ (US);
Mandy G. Mistakawi, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas G. Ruttan, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus including a body as an intermediary between a device and a printed circuit board, the body including a contact area defined by a plurality of openings each to accommodate a contact therethrough and an alignment feature adjacent the contact area and protruding from a plane defined by the contact area, wherein a surface of the alignment feature includes a friction-reducing material. A method including contacting an alignment feature of a socket with a friction-reducing material. Apparatus and system including a body as an intermediary between a device and a printed circuit board; a plurality of contacts each disposed through a contact area of the body and oriented to deflect a device in a first direction; and a load plate coupled to the body and configured to apply an actuation force on a device in a different second direction. A method including inserting a device into a socket.