US 12,327,943 B2
Socket connector including housing, contacts, cover member and projecting part
Osamu Hashiguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,364.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-145320 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073168 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/115 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/716 (2013.01) [H01R 13/115 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A socket connector, comprising:
a housing made of insulating resin having a peripheral wall and a bottom plate which has an upper surface and an edge, the peripheral wall projecting upward from the edge of the bottom plate, the housing being configured to accommodate therein an object to be connected with the socket connector;
a plurality of contacts held by the bottom plate;
a cover member configured to be disposed above and hold downward the object in the housing so that the object is brought into an electrical contact with the plurality of contacts, the cover member having a hole or a notch; and
a projecting part provided on the peripheral wall, the projecting part projecting upward beyond the peripheral wall, wherein the hole or the notch and the projecting part are positioned as opposed to each other in a vertical direction and the projecting part is capable to be inserted in the hole or the notch,
the housing has a rectangular shape when viewed from above,
the peripheral wall includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposed to each other with the bottom plate interposed therebetween,
the first side wall is elastically deformable in a first direction in which the first side wall and the second side wall are opposed to each other.