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Socket connectors and methods of assembling socket connectors

US9059545B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd · US

Inventors

Jeffery Walter Mason · Attleboro, US
Wayne Stewart Alden, III · Whitman, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2012
Grant date	Jun 16, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 26, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49208
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A socket connector includes an interconnect assembly having an array of contacts being compressible in a vertical direction and shielding springs surrounding corresponding contacts and being compressible in the vertical direction with the contacts. The shielding springs are electrically grounded and provide electrical shielding for the contacts.

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