US 12,244,099 B2
Socket connector
Chad William Morgan, Carneys Point, NJ (US); Hirotate Kadobayashi, Kawasaki (JP); and Hiroshi Shirai, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH ET AL., Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K., Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,597.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411906 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6471 (2013.01) [H01R 13/11 (2013.01); H01R 13/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A socket connector comprising:
a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, the substrate including signal contact channels between the upper and lower surfaces and ground contact channels between the upper and lower surfaces, the substrate including ground bar slots;
signal socket contacts received in the corresponding signal contact channels, each signal socket contact including a signal contact body, an upper signal mating element, and a lower signal mating element, the upper signal mating element deflectable relative to the contact body and extending to the upper surface to interface with a first electrical component, the lower signal mating element configured to electrically connect with a second electrical component;
ground socket contacts received in the corresponding ground contact channels, each ground socket contact including a ground contact body, an upper ground mating element, and a lower ground mating element, the upper ground mating element deflectable relative to the contact body and extending to the upper surface to interface with a first electrical component, the lower ground mating element configured to electrically connect with a second electrical component; and
ground bars received in corresponding ground bar slots, the ground bars electrically connecting the corresponding ground socket contacts;
wherein the signal socket contacts and the ground socket contacts are arranged in an array, the signal socket contacts being arranged in pairs, the ground socket contacts including flanking ground socket contacts in line with the pairs of the signal socket contacts, the ground socket contacts including separating ground socket contacts separating the pairs of the signal socket contacts, the ground bars connecting the separating ground socket contacts and the flanking ground socket contacts.