Connector for processor package

• US 10,541,494 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Tran, Donald T., Boyd, Thomas A., Wang, Yong, Ceurter, Kevin J., Nekkanty, Srikant, Aoki, Russell S., Cheng, FeiFei
• Primary Examiner(s): Gushi, Ross N
• Application Number:
  US16/078,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20190052016A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,391 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/32 Holders for supporting the complete device in operation, i.e. detachable fixtures H01L23/40 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 23/3675 characterised by the shape of the housing
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62938 Pivoting lever comprising own camming means
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6335 comprising a handle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/639 Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/006 the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle

Abstract

Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with connectors for coupling to a computer processing unit (CPU) package are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a connector assembly for connection to a computer processing unit (CPU) package may include a connector housing. One or more electrical contacts of the connector housing may be to couple to the CPU package when the connector assembly is engaged with a mating connector assembly. The connector assembly may further include a mounting handle affixed to a top of the connector housing. The mounting handle may include a locking latch that extends from the mounting handle. The locking latch may engage with a notch within the mating connector assembly that, when engaged, the locking latch may provide a force to maintain coupling of the one or more electrical contacts with the CPU package when engaged with the mating connector assembly.

Claims

1. A connector assembly to receive a mating connector assembly and maintain a connection between the mating connector assembly and a computer processing unit (CPU) package associated with the connector assembly, comprising:

a door frame insert to be mounted within an opening of a bolster plate mounted to a circuit board that includes the CPU package,

wherein the bolster plate is to at least partially encircle the CPU package, and affixed to a circuit board on which the CPU package is mounted, a portion of the bolster plate extending perpendicularly away from the circuit board on at least one side of the CPU package when affixed to the circuit board; and

having a pair of apertures for mounting to the connector assembly, and the pair of apertures being formed adjacent to each other along a first side of the CPU package; and

wherein the door frame insert includes;

a notch formed in an inner wall of the door frame insert opposite the circuit board, wherein when the mating connector assembly and the computer processing unit (CPU) package connects, the notch engages with a locking latch of the mating connector assembly, with the engaged locking latch providing a force to maintain coupling of the CPU package with the mating connector assembly.

2. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the connector assembly includes at least two springs mounted to an inside of the door frame insert, wherein a first spring of the at least two springs is mounted to a second inner wall of the door frame insert, wherein a second spring of the at least two springs is mounted to a third inner wall of the door frame insert, and wherein the inner wall with the notch is intermediate the second inner wall and the third inner wall.

3. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the door frame insert includes three inner walls, wherein two of the three inner walls extend perpendicularly from the circuit board and terminate at the inner wall with the notch.

4. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the inner wall with the notch is located at a distance from the circuit board that corresponds to a height of the mating connector assembly.

5. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein a width, measured between a second inner wall of the door frame insert and a third inner wall of the door frame insert, corresponds to a width of the mating connector assembly, and wherein the inner wall with the notch is intermediate the second inner wall and the third inner wall.

6. A bolster plate assembly to mount a pair of connector assemblies for connections to a computer processing unit (CPU) package associated with the bolster plate assembly, comprising:

a bolster plate to be affixed to a circuit board on which the CPU package is mounted, wherein the bolster plate at least partially encircles the CPU package, and wherein a portion of the bolster plate extends perpendicularly away from the circuit board on at least one side of the CPU package when affixed to the circuit board; and

a pair of apertures, formed in the portion of the bolster plate, to mount the pair of connector assemblies, wherein the pair of apertures are formed adjacent to each other along a first side of the CPU package.

7. The bolster plate assembly of claim 6, wherein the bolster plate is to encircle an entirety of the CPU package.

8. The bolster plate assembly of claim 6, wherein a lower edge of each of the pair of apertures is along a bend in the bolster plate for the portion of the bolster plate that extends perpendicularly away from the circuit board, wherein the bolster plate defines three inner walls to mount the pair of connector assemblies and the circuit board defines a fourth inner wall to mount the pair of connector assemblies.

9. The bolster plate assembly of claim 6, wherein an inner edge of a first aperture of the pair of apertures is less than or equal to five millimeters from an inner edge of a second aperture of the pair of apertures, wherein the inner edge of the first aperture is a closest edge of the first aperture to the second aperture and the inner edge of the second aperture is a closest edge of the second aperture to the first aperture.

10. The bolster plate assembly of claim 6, wherein an outer edge of a first aperture of the pair of apertures is less than or equal to 50 millimeters from an outer edge of a second aperture of the pair of apertures, wherein the outer edge of the first aperture is a farthest edge of the first aperture from the second aperture and the outer edge of the second aperture is a farthest edge of the second aperture from the first aperture.

11. The bolster plate assembly of claim 6, wherein upper edges of each of the pair of apertures are below a base of a heatsink mounted to the CPU package when the bolster plate assembly is affixed to the circuit board, and wherein the upper edges are the edges of the pair of apertures farthest away from the circuit board when the bolster plate is affixed to the circuit board.