Patent ID: 6461182
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A socket (20) defined in a printed circuit board, the socket comprising:a plurality of apertures (21), the apertures (21) each having a top, a bottom opening (22), four inner walls, a stop (23) formed on one of the inner walls, two recesses (231) respectively defined at two sides of the stops (23), and a rib (24) formed on a middle portion of the stop (23); and a plurality of connecting strips (10) respectively inserted in the apertures (21) through the bottom openings (22) of the plurality of apertures (21), the plurality of connecting strips each having an upright portion (11) formed with two opposed first walls, a second wall extending between the first walls and an opening opposite the second wall, each first wall having a body, a head, and a neck extending between the head and the body, with each neck deformed such that an-outward taper is defined between the necks from the second wall to the opening; two protrusions (17) respectively formed on front ends of the first walls and received in the recesses (231); and, a lateral part (18) formed at the bottom of the upright portion (11) and blocked by the rib (24).