Patent ID: 7427203
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A land grid array socket, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passages extending between an upper surface and a lower surface thereof; and each passage including a narrow retaining slot and a wide receiving slot in communication with each other; and a plurality of conductive terminals residing in corresponding passages, respectively, each terminal comprising a vertically oriented base section secured in the passage and a pair of opposing bent sections angled with respect to the base section and in a parallel relation with each other, the bent sections each formed with at least one slender resilient arm protruding upwardly and downwardly out of the upper and the lower surface of the housing to provide multiple contacting points at a distal end thereof and each contacting point separate with each other; wherein each bent section of the terminal is spaced from the side walls of the passage.