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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2008
Darrell Wertz, Chandler, AZ (US);
David Gregory Howell, Chandler, AZ (US);
Albert Terhune, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ming-lun Szu, Tu-cheng, TW;
Darrell Wertz, Chandler, AZ (US);
David Gregory Howell, Chandler, AZ (US);
Albert Terhune, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ming-Lun Szu, Tu-cheng, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A socket connector, adapted for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a frame, an insulative housing, a cover plate, a heat pipe retainer, two heat pipes, a backplane, and a plurality of fastening members. The insulative housing is located in and surround by the metal substrate frame. The heat pipe retainer with the heat pipes are seated on the IC package received in the insulative housing. The cover plate is on the heat pipe retainer. The fastening member fastens the frame, the cover plate and the backplane together and to the printed circuit board. The heat pipe retainer is formed with a post in a center thereof, and the cover plate is formed with a hole receiving the post, so that the heat pipe retainer is flexibly orientated and can rotates around the hole.