Patent ID: 6338640
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical mobile socket for use with a PGA (Pin Grid Array) chip, comprising:a base comprising a plurality of passageways; a plurality of electrical contacts received in the passageways; a cover slidably mounted on the base, the cover comprising a top hole and a plurality of passages in alignment with the passageways of the base; a protecting mechanism positioned between said cover and said base, said protecting mechanism comprising a cover plate retained in the cover and a bottom plate received in the base, the cover plate defining a through hole in alignment with the top hole of the cover, and a pair of upwardly extending cam stoppers formed on opposite sides of the through hole and extending into the top hole of the cover; a cam actuator rotatably assembled with the base, the cover, and the protecting mechanism for actuating the cover to slide on the base, the cam actuator having an upper disk received in the top hole of the cover, the upper disk having an outwardly protruding protrusion abuttable against either cam stopper during rotation; and wherein each of the cover plate and the bottom plate defines an elongated slot intersecting the through hole.