Patent ID: 6811408
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A socket connector comprising:an insulative housing, the housing including a receptacle for receiving an electronic component therein, the receptacle being cooperatively defined by a plurality of side walls that project up from a base of said housing, the base including a plurality of passages disposed therein and extending through said base; a plurality of conductive terminals supported by said housing, a single terminal being received in a single passage, the terminals having upper and lower contact portions that project past respective upper and bottom surfaces of said housing base, said terminals being held in said passages by an elastomeric sealant; said housing including a moat that extends around a perimeter of said base, the moat being disposed on the bottom surface of said housing and spacing said base bottom surface from said side walls of said housing, said base bottom surface including a hard edge extending around its perimeter that forms a virtual dam to prevent the flow of elastomeric sealant past the hard edge and into said moat.