Patent ID: 6561817
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An LGA socket assembly comprising:a insulative housing; a plurality of passages extending through the housing vertically; a plurality of terminals retained in the corresponding passages, respectively, each of said terminals including a solder portion extending around a bottom face of the housing and a mating portion extending out of the top face of the housing, an intermediate spring portion positioned between said solder portion and the mating portion; wherein when said mating portion is pressed downwardly by an external electronic component, said spring portion is deformable in a vertical direction on a vertical plane without resulting in any horizontal displacement at a distal end thereof, while the mating portion is deflectable to result in both vertical and horizontal movement for an uppermost contact point of the terminal; wherein each of said passages defines a T-shaped configuration with the corresponding spring portion located in a horizontal section of said T-shaped configuration; wherein said mating portion is deformable in another vertical plane perpendicular to said vertical plane; wherein a securing portion is located between the spring portion and the solder portion; wherein said spring portion defines an S-like configuration, and two inversed sections of said spring portion on two sides of said S-like configuration are engaged with the housing in a horizontal direction in said vertical plane when said spring portion is deformed, and are disengaged from the housing in said horizontal direction when said spring portion is relaxed.