Socket including a housing and a plurality of contacts
A socket includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing has a bottom plate with a first face and a second face that are parallel to each other. Contact supporting holes penetrate the first face and the second face. The housing has a frame body disposed upright on an edge of the first face and extending along the edge. The contacts are disposed in the contact supporting holes and supported by the bottom plate in a state in which the contacts protrude from both the first face and the second face. The contacts include a first contact having a first base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes, a first contact portion having a pair of first protrusions protruding from one edge of the first base, and a second contact portion having a pair of second protrusions protruding from another edge of the first base.
1 . A socket, comprising:
a housing including a bottom plate having a flat-plate shape with a first face and a second face that are parallel to each other, a plurality of contact supporting holes penetrate the first face and the second face, and a frame body disposed upright on an edge of the first face and extending along the edge; and
a plurality of contacts disposed in the contact supporting holes and supported by the bottom plate in a state in which the contacts protrude from both the first face and the second face, the contacts include a first contact, a second contact, and a pair of third contacts, the pair of third contacts are plane-symmetric with respect to each other, the first contact having:
a first base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes;
a first contact portion having a pair of first protrusions protruding from one edge of the first base, corresponding to the first face, toward the first face, and a first linking portion linking the pair of first protrusions to each other in a protruding end, the first linking portion having a shape in which a maximum distance closer to the first linking portion, between the pair of first protrusions, is greater than a maximum distance closer to one edge of the first base, between the pair of first protrusions; and
a second contact portion having a pair of second protrusions protruding from another edge of the first base, corresponding to the second face, toward the second face, and a second linking portion linking the pair of second protrusions to each other in a protruding end, the second linking portion having a shape in which a maximum distance closer to the second linking portion, between the pair of second protrusions, is greater than a maximum distance closer to another edge of the first base, between the pair of second protrusions; and
the second contact having a second base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes and a third contact portion having a pair of third protrusions protruding from one edge of the second base, corresponding to the first face, toward the first face, and having a shape in which the third protrusions are divided into two portions up to an end.
2 . The socket of claim 1 , wherein the frame body allows an electronic component to be located in an in-plane direction of the first face when the electronic component, having a bottom surface on which a plurality of pads including a pad for a ground and a pad for a power source and carrying out electrical connection are formed, is mounted on the socket.
3 . The socket of claim 1 , wherein the maximum distance between the pair of first protrusions continuously increases from the first base to the first linking portion.
4 . The socket of claim 3 , wherein the maximum distance between the pair of second protrusions continuously increases from the first base to the second linking portion.
5 . The socket of claim 1 , wherein the second contact has a fourth contact portion having a pair of fourth protrusions protruding from another edge of the second base, corresponding to the second face, toward the second face, and having a shape in which the fourth protrusions are divided into two portions up to an end.
6 . The socket of claim 1 , wherein each of the third contacts has a third base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes and a fifth contact portion having a pair of fifth protrusions protruding from one edge of the third base, corresponding to the first face, toward the first face, and a third linking portion linking the pair of fifth protrusions to each other in a protruding end.
7 . The socket of claim 6 , wherein each of the third contacts has a sixth contact portion with a sixth protrusion portion protruding from another edge of the third base, corresponding to the second face, toward the second face.
8 . The socket of claim 7 , wherein the fifth contact portions of the pair of third contacts extend from the third base while keeping a first definite spacing between the fifth contact portions.
9 . The socket of claim 8 , wherein the sixth contact portions of the pair of third contacts extend from the third base while keeping a second definite spacing between the sixth contact portions.
10 . The socket of claim 1 , wherein each of the contact supporting holes supports any of the contacts.
11 . The socket of claim 2 , wherein the bottom plate has, at a side closer to the first face, a first housing portion that houses a section of the contacts.
12 . The socket of claim 11 , wherein the first housing portion protrudes toward the first face, a portion of each contact of the section of the contacts housed by the first housing portion is pressed and elastically deformed by the electronic component.
13 . The socket of claim 12 , wherein the bottom plate has a first table portion on which the electronic component is placed.
14 . The socket of claim 13 , wherein the bottom plate has a second housing portion that houses a section of the contacts.
15 . The socket of claim 14 , wherein the second housing portion protrudes toward the second face, a portion of each contact of the section of the contacts housed by the second housing portion is pressed and elastically deformed by a circuit board.
16 . The socket of claim 15 , wherein the bottom plate has a second table portion abutting the circuit board.
17 . The socket of claim 1 , wherein a shape of each third contact is different from a shape of the first contact.
18 . A socket, comprising:
a housing including a bottom plate having a flat-plate shape with a first face and a second face that are parallel to each other, and a plurality of contact supporting holes penetrating the first face and the second face; and
a plurality of contacts disposed in the contact supporting holes and supported by the bottom plate in a state in which the contacts protrude from both the first face and the second face, the contacts include a first contact and a second contact, the first contact has a first base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes, the second contact has a second base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes and a third contact portion having a pair of third protrusions, the third protrusions are divided into two portions up to an end, the pair of third protrusions protrude from one edge of the second base, corresponding to the first face, toward the first face.
19 . A socket, comprising:
a housing including a bottom plate having a flat-plate shape with a first face and a second face that are parallel to each other, a plurality of contact supporting holes penetrate the first face and the second face, and a frame body disposed upright on an edge of the first face and extending along the edge; and
a plurality of contacts disposed in the contact supporting holes and supported by the bottom plate in a state in which the contacts protrude from both the first face and the second face, the contacts include a first contact and a pair of third contacts, the first contact having:
a first base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes;
a first contact portion having a pair of first protrusions protruding from one edge of the first base, corresponding to the first face, toward the first face, and a first linking portion linking the pair of first protrusions to each other in a protruding end, the first linking portion having a shape in which a maximum distance closer to the first linking portion, between the pair of first protrusions, is greater than a maximum distance closer to one edge of the first base, between the pair of first protrusions; and
a second contact portion having a pair of second protrusions protruding from another edge of the first base, corresponding to the second face, toward the second face, and a second linking portion linking the pair of second protrusions to each other in a protruding end, the second linking portion having a shape in which a maximum distance closer to the second linking portion, between the pair of second protrusions, is greater than a maximum distance closer to another edge of the first base, between the pair of second protrusions; and
each of the third contacts having a third base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes and a fifth contact portion having a pair of fifth protrusions protruding from one edge of the third base, corresponding to the first face, toward the first face, and a third linking portion linking the pair of fifth protrusions to each other in a protruding end.