Socket having stand-offs
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
a multiplicity of conductive contacts;
the housing defining with a conductive district for electrically connecting with a CPU and a PCB;
the conductive district comprising a mating surface and a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface;
a plurality of passageways extending vertically through said conductive district to receive corresponding contacts therein; and
the contact imposing a force in a direction against a first wall face beside the passageway when the contact is downwardly pressed;
wherein for each of said passageways, a pair of stand-offs vertically extend respectively from a pair of second wall faces which are located by two sides of the first wall face, and also along the direction horizontally;
wherein the pair of stand-offs are not connected to but isolated from the pair of neighboring stand-offs in said direction, and no stand-off extends along another horizontal direction perpendicular to said direction so that no stand-off is formed along the first wall;
wherein each contact comprises a vertical retention portion retained in the first wall of the passageway, a pair of spring arms obliquely extending from two opposite sides of the retention portion, respectively;
wherein each side of the retention portion extends two parallel spring arms.
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An connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2), and a multiplicity of conductive contacts (3) received in the housing. The housing comprises a mating surface (20) and a mounting surface (21) opposite to the mating surface. The housing defines a plurality of passageways (23) extending vertically therethrough to receive corresponding contacts therein. A seriate stand-offs (24) extends from the two opposite lateral sides of the adjacent passageways on the mounting surface.
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
a multiplicity of conductive contacts;
the housing defining with a conductive district for electrically connecting with a CPU and a PCB;
the conductive district comprising a mating surface and a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface;
a plurality of passageways extending vertically through said conductive district to receive corresponding contacts therein; and
the contact imposing a force in a direction against a first wall face beside the passageway when the contact is downwardly pressed;
wherein for each of said passageways, a pair of stand-offs vertically extend respectively from a pair of second wall faces which are located by two sides of the first wall face, and also along the direction horizontally;
wherein the pair of stand-offs are not connected to but isolated from the pair of neighboring stand-offs in said direction, and no stand-off extends along another horizontal direction perpendicular to said direction so that no stand-off is formed along the first wall;
wherein each contact comprises a vertical retention portion retained in the first wall of the passageway, a pair of spring arms obliquely extending from two opposite sides of the retention portion, respectively;
wherein each side of the retention portion extends two parallel spring arms.
- an insulative housing;
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2. An electrical connector adapted for connecting a CPU to a PCB, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a conduction district, the conduction district defining a mating surface for the CPU, a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface for the PCB and a plurality of passageway arranged in an array and running though the mating and mounting surfaces;
a multiplicity of contacts received in the passageways;
each passageway defining opposite lateral walls and opposite end walls and the contact being retained in the end wall;
wherein a stand-off integrally extends upwards from each lateral wall beyond the end wall and is uninterrupted along the entire length of the conduction district;wherein each contact comprises a vertical retention portion retained in the end wall of the passageway, a pair of spring arms obliquely extending from two opposite sides of the retention portion, respectively; wherein each side of the retention portion extends two parallel spring arms; wherein said conductive district is divided into a first conductive district and a second conductive district respectively with said array of said passageways; wherein the contacts located in the first conductive district are oriented in a first common direction opposite to the conductive contacts located in the second conductive district; wherein the contacts are assembled into the passageways from the mounting surface; wherein said stand-off extends from each lateral wall beyond the end wall on the mounting surface and is interrupted along the entire length of the conduction district. - View Dependent Claims (3)
- an insulative housing defining a conduction district, the conduction district defining a mating surface for the CPU, a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface for the PCB and a plurality of passageway arranged in an array and running though the mating and mounting surfaces;
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