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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vijaykumar Krithivasan, Chandler, AZ (US);
Gaurav Chawla, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua D. Heppner, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jeffory L. Smalley, East Olympia, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/50 (2006.01); H01R 13/447 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/5066 (2013.01); H01R 13/447 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H01R 12/714 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10325 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10719 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49204 (2015.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a socket for an integrated circuited (IC), wherein the socket includes a socket body that includes a plurality of land grid array contacts for contacting the IC, an alignment mechanism, and a locking mechanism, and a cover for the socket, wherein the cover is vertically alignable with the alignment mechanism of the socket body and laterally slidable over the grid array contacts upon alignment to engage the locking mechanism of the socket body.