Patent ID: 6298552
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making a socket connector comprising the following steps:(1) providing a thin laminate by attaching a conductive film to a bottom face of an insulative plate having a plurality of bores defined therein;(2) removing first portions of the conductive film from the laminate with a second portion of the conductive film left in the laminate corresponding to each bore of the insulative plate, each second portion comprising a base section attached to the bottom face of the insulative plate adjacent the corresponding bore and a beam section extending from the base section over the corresponding bore; and(3) bending each beam section to have a remote end portion thereof extending through the corresponding bore and partially over the top face of the insulative plate to be substantially opposite to the base section, the remote end portion of the beam section being spaced from the top face of the insulative plate a predetermined distance.