Patent ID: 6056576
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical socket comprising:a rectangular base defining a plurality of passageways therein each of which has an upper cavity and a lower cavity communicated with each other, wherein an opening of the upper cavity exposing to exterior is larger than an opening of the lower cavity exposing to exterior;a vertical inner wall formed in each passageway and extending through the upper cavity and the lower cavity;a plurality of contacts received in the passageways and each contact including an upper open-looped portion comprises a first contacting portion connected to a curved portion connected to a second contacting portion which faces the first contacting portion, the upper open-looped portion connected to an engagement portion connected to a tail portion, wherein the first contacting portion of the upper open-looped portion has a first horizontal cross-sectional area larger than a second horizontal cross-sectional area of the engagement portion which is larger than a third horizontal cross-sectional area of the tail portion and the first contacting portion of the upper open-looped portion is coplanar with the engagement portion and the tail portion so that the coplanar portion of the first contacting portion of the upper open-looped portion, the engagement portion and the tail portion can be guided by the vertical inner wall when the contact is configured downward into the passageway.