Patent ID: 8292649
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A socket connector comprising: a housing with a plurality of contacts therein; a stiffener surrounding the housing and defining a plurality of mounting holes; a plurality of standoffs each inserted into a corresponding mounting hole of the stiffener, each standoff comprising at least one post for positioning the standoff in the mounting hole along a transverse direction and at least one latch member adjacent to the at least one post for restricting the standoff in the mounting hole along a vertical direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, a gap being formed between the at least one post and the at least one latch member for deformation of the at least one latch member; wherein the at least one latch member comprising a hook engaging against a top surface of the stiffener along the vertical direction so as to prevent the standoff from falling off from the mounting hole, wherein each standoff comprises two posts arranged in a symmetrical manner with respect to a middle center thereof, and two latch members arranged in a symmetrical manner with respect to the middle center thereof, wherein each mounting hole comprises a middle hole and two positioning holes located at opposite sides of the middle hole, the two positioning holes being in communication with the middle hole, the two posts and the two latch members being received in the two positioning holes, wherein each of the positioning holes is narrower than the middle portion hole, wherein the standoff comprises a base portion with the at least one post and the at least one latch member extending upwardly therefrom, the base portion being sized larger than the mounting hole so as to abut against a bottom surface of the stiffener.