Patent ID: 7479015

Claim:
A socket assembly comprising: a base that includes an upper surface and a lower surface, the base further including a plurality of cavities that extend from the upper surface to the lower surface; and a plurality of contacts, each of the contacts being positioned within a unique one of the cavities in the base, each of the contacts being adjacent to another contact such that each of the contacts is part of a differential pair of contacts, each of the contacts including a first side and a second side, one of the contacts in each differential pair of contacts is oriented in one direction while the other contact in each differential pair of contacts is oriented in an opposing direction such that the first side of one contact in each differential pair faces in an opposite direction to the first side of the other contact in each first differential pair, wherein at least some of the contacts include an L-shaped section at one end of the contact and a J-shaped section at an opposing end of the contact such that the J-shaped section extends above the upper surface of the base.