Patent ID: 7077661
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A socket comprising: socket body having a socket holding formation and a plurality of horizontally spaced socket openings therein; first and second electrically disconnected conductors carried by the socket body; a plurality of interconnection elements; at least a first protrusion on a side surface of each interconnection element, each interconnection element being inserted into a respective socket opening with the respective protrusion on the respective interconnection element frictionally contacting a surface of the respective opening, first and second sets of the interconnection elements being electrically connected to the first and second conductors respectively; lower socket contacts, electrically connected to the interconnection elements, on a lower side of the socket body; and upper socket contacts, electrically connected to the interconnection elements, in the formation on an upper side of the socket body, the first protrusion on selected interconnection elements of the first set being at substantially the same height as the first protrusion on selected interconnection elements of the second set.