US 12,261,384 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. 17/743,554.
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 2023/0066168 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); 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)] 5 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 the island-like part, wherein
the island-like part includes an island-like main part, and an island-like end part adjacent to the island-like main part in a pitch direction of the plurality of contacts,
the island-like end part has an upper surface, a first side surface facing outward in the pitch direction, and two second side surfaces facing in a width direction perpendicular to the pitch direction,
the protective metal fitting includes an upper-surface protective part covering the upper surface, a first side-surface protective part extending downward from the upper-surface protective part and covering the first side surface, and two second side-surface protective parts extending downward from the upper-surface protective part and covering the two second side surfaces, respectively, and
the first side-surface protective part and the two second side-surface protective parts are directly connected to each other without the upper-surface protective part being interposed therebetween,
wherein the protective metal fitting includes a flange part connecting to the first side-surface protective part and the two second side-surface protective parts,
wherein the flange part is exposed downward.