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Patent No.:

US 7909621 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2010

Socket connector having contact terminal tail with split solder ball retained thereon and method fabricating the same

Applicant:

Albert Harvey Terhune, Iv, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventor:

Albert Harvey Terhune, IV, Chandler, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;

Attorneys:

Andrew C. Cheng

Wei Te Chung

Ming Chieh Chang

Primary Examiner:

Javaid Nasri

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a number of passageways, a number of electrical contacts received in the passageways and a number of solder balls disposed on the electrical contacts respectively. Each electrical contact includes a contacting portion projecting out of the insulative housing, a retention portion retained in the passageways, and a solder portion. Each solder ball defines a gap which can be deformed to close the solder portion of the electrical contact by external force.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Terhune, IV, Albert. (2011). Socket connector having contact terminal tail with split solder ball retained thereon and method fabricating the same (U.S. Patent No. 7909621). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7909621

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