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Land grid array socket having improved terminals

US7150632B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 2005
Grant dateDec 19, 2006
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Expiry dateJul 4, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/2435
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A land grid array socket (1) comprises an insulative housing (11) having a plurality of passageways (113) extending throughout a top surface (111) and an opposite bottom surface (113) and a plurality of electrical terminals (5) received in corresponding passageways, respectively. Each terminal including a base portion (51) in the passageway and a first spring arm (55) extending out of the top surface of the housing and adapted to be electrically connected with a first electronic component (2) and a second spring arm (54) extending out of the bottom surface of the housing and adapted to be electrically connected with a second electronic component (3). Wherein the first and the second spring arms each has a resisting portion (531, 521), the resisting portions resist the base portion when the spring arms are pressed by the first and the second electronic components so as to form a shorter electrical circuit path between the electronic components.

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