US 12,261,383 B2
Socket connector
Takashi Omodachi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/743,552.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-141031 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021; and application No. 2021-152249 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0062405 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/405 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/24 (2013.01) [H01R 12/7005 (2013.01); H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 13/405 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/5025 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A socket connector comprising:
a housing in which an island-like part and a peripheral wall surrounding the island-like part project upward from a bottom plate;
a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing; and
a protective metal fitting configured to protect an island-like end part, the island-like end part being an end part of the island-like part in a pitch direction, the pitch direction being a direction in which the plurality of contacts are arranged, wherein
the protective metal fitting comprises:
an upper-surface protective part covering an upper surface of the island-like end part;
two first side-surface protective parts extending downward from both ends of the upper-surface protective part in a width direction, the width direction being perpendicular to the pitch direction, and opposed to both side surfaces, respectively, of the island-like end part that face in the width direction; and
two curling parts extending from lower ends of the two first side-surface protective parts, respectively, in such a manner that the two curling parts get closer to each other as they extend straight along the width direction,
the two curling parts extend straight along the width direction thereby a thickness direction of the two curling parts is parallel to a vertical direction.