Patent ID: 6930884

Claim:
A land grid array (LGA) assembly using a compressive load comprising: a first component located on the top of the LGA assembly; a center load screw coupled to the first component; a second component, wherein the center load screw is received on the second component upon turning the center load screw in a first direction; and a receiving apparatus coupled to the first component using a plurality of load studs, wherein the second component is located between the first component and the receiving apparatus, wherein the first component comprises an outwardly curved surface, wherein a coupling of the center load screw and the first component is closer to the second component than a plurality of coupling of the plurality of load studs and the first component, and wherein further turning of the center load screw in the first direction after the center load screw is received on the second component forces a center of the first component upward and forces outer edges of the first component upward, thus creating a tensile load to the receiving apparatus and pulling the receiving apparatus upward opposing a force of the center load screw on the second component, thereby operates the first component to apply a compressive load on one or more of a plurality of components of the LGA assembly.