Patent ID: 6731516
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A land grid array (LGA) connector assembly comprising:a printed circuit board; an LGA socket seated upon the printed circuit board, said socket including an insulative housing defining a cavity in a middle thereof and a plurality of passageways in a portion thereof under the cavity, each passageway including a slot, the housing having a plurality of stand-offs at two sides thereof; a plurality of contacts received and vertically floatable in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts connected to the printed circuit board via a corresponding solder ball and having an upper tip substantially hidden under a top face of the housing; wherein each contact comprising a long arm accommodated within the passageway and an engaging portion for movably engaging with the housing in the slot, said long arm has a contact portion at a free end thereof and said engaging portion has a plurality of protrusions engaging the slot; wherein said stand-offs are formed on an underside of the housing and vertically keep a distance from the printed circuit board while the housing is pushable dowardly to move the contacts upwardly in corresponding slots of the passageways relatively to the housing.