Patent ID: 6796805
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical socket, comprising:a frame having a bottom surface configured to abut against a circuit board and having a processor opening opposite said bottom surface and a housing opening adjacent said bottom surface, said processor opening being configured to accept a processor, said frame including sides surrounding said processor opening and surrounding said housing opening, at least one of said sides including a ledge extending parallel to said bottom surface and defining said housing opening, said housing opening smaller than said processor opening and said ledge being spaced a maximum load distance from said bottom surface; and a housing having an array of contacts mounted therein, said housing slidaby received within said frame wherein said contacts extend into said processor opening and beyond said bottom surface, said array of contacts being flexed between loaded and unloaded positions, said maximum load distance defining an amount that said array of contacts are biased when flexed to said loaded position, said slidably mounted housing permitting relative movement of said housing with respect to said frame when said contacts are soldered to a circuit board.