Patent ID: 6875025
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A matrix socket comprising a first insulating housing, a second insulating housing and a plurality of terminal assemblies; wherein: the first insulating housing has first accommodating channels in a quantity corresponding to that of the terminal assemblies; the second insulating housing has second accommodating channels corresponding to individual first accommodating channels of the first insulating housing; each terminal assembly has a movable terminal and a terminal seat; the movable terminals are disposed in the first accommodating channels and are extended toward a top portion of the first accommodating channels to form contact sections; each terminal seat is placed in the second accommodating channel, and is extended toward a corresponding second accommodating channel to form at least one contact arm and an extension section; and the contact arms of the terminal seats are electrically connected with the movable terminals in a slidable manner; wherein each first accommodating channel of the first insulating housing comprises a retaining region, each retaining region has dimensions slightly larger than a horizontal width of the first accommodating channels, and each movable terminal further has a shoulder section and an elbow section in the retaining region, with a distance between the shoulder sections and the elbow sections of the movable terminals being smaller than a length of the retaining regions.