Patent ID: 9627809
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G02B,H01R,Y10T

Claim:
1. An integrated circuit (IC) module socket, comprising: a dielectric socket body with a bottom side to face a printed circuit board (PCB); a backstop monolithically integrated with the socket body to laterally position a leading edge of an IC module substrate relative to the socket body, the backstop further comprising at least three top-side supports defined by four reliefs, a pair of the reliefs defining opposite sides of a first support; a metal overhang positioned over the socket body top-side supports to contact a first side of the IC module substrate when the substrate is seated on the socket body, the overhang further comprising a plurality of spring clips, each with an under-hanging clip member aligned within one of the reliefs to contact the first module substrate side, with a pair of the clips separated from one another by a portion of the overhang that is positioned over the first support, and is separated from each of the clips by a relief in the overhang; and a first and a second row of electrical contacts, the first row being more proximate to the backstop than is the second row, and each row including at least one contact extending through the socket body between the bottom side and a top side, and positioned relative to the overhang to be compressed against a contact pad disposed on a second side of the module substrate by a torque applied to the module substrate about a fulcrum within the socket.