Patent ID: 6554625
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A socket assembly for being positioned onto a circuit board by a vacuum suction device, comprising:a socket having a base and a cover slidably mounted on the base; a cap mounted to the cover and defining a pair of through slots; and a thin film member attached to a top face of the cap and fully covering the through slots of tie cap to be manipulated by the vacuum suction device; wherein the film member is an airtight tape; wherein the film member has a size sufficient to cover said top face of said cap; wherein the cover defines a central opening and a pair of cutouts in opposite side edges and in communication with the central opening; wherein the cap forms in a bottom face thereof a pair of resilient beams respectively corresponding to the through slots, each resilient beam forming a latching protrusion latched into a corresponding one of the cutouts.