Contact for a socket
US6113411A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/193
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A contact used in a socket for electrically connecting with a pin of a CPU, comprises a fixing portion for being fixed in the socket, a mating portion and a connecting portion connected between the fixing portion and the mating portion. The mating portion has a receiving body which forms a receiving space adapted for entrance of the pin of the CPU to be in a first position, and has two engaging body extending from the receiving CPU for sidewardly gripping the pin of the CPU therebetween when the pin of the CPU is moved from the first position to a second position. The connecting portion is capable of deforming to effectuate a limited turning movement of the mating portion relative to the fixing portion about the connecting portion in response to a sideward displacement of the pin of the CPU from the second position.
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