Patent ID: 7955129
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A socket for receiving a camera module, comprising: a metallic shell surrounding a camera module receiving cavity; an insulative plate located below said receiving cavity; a plurality of contacts each including: a holding portion secured to the housing; a solder portion extending from the holding portion outwardly in a first longitudinal direction; a resilient connecting arm extending from the holding portion inwardly in a second longitudinal direction opposite to the first longitudinal direction; and a connecting portion located at a free end of the connecting arm; and a contact engaging arm obliquely upwardly extending from the connection portion, and in a top view extending in the first longitudinal direction and essentially being parallel to the connecting arm with a predetermined gap therebetween, a contacting portion located at a free end of the contact engaging arm for contacting the camera module; wherein the contact engaging arm defines a transverse expanded section for increasing normal force thereof, and the connecting arm defines a transverse narrowed section for decreasing stress thereof, said transverse expanded section and said transverse narrowed section being located at essentially a same longitudinal position in said first longitudinal direction in the top view; wherein the connecting portion define a joint linked to both said contact engaging arm and the connecting arm, and a transverse dimension of said joint in a transverse direction perpendicular to said first direction is larger than that of the solder portion which is larger than that of the connecting arm and that of the contact engaging arm.