Socket connector assembly having a heat sink and a retention member engaging the heat sink
View Patent ↗An electrical connector assembly includes: a printed circuit board; an electrical connector seated upon the printed circuit board; an electronic package coupled to the electrical connector; a frame structure affixed to the printed circuit board; a metallic securing seat affixed to the frame structure and having plural securing posts; a heat sink positioned upon the electronic package and having plural through holes aligned with the securing posts; plural fasteners each extending through a corresponding through hole to engage a corresponding securing post and plural springs each compressed between an associated fastener and the heat sink; and a retention member mounted to a corresponding securing post for engaging the heat sink, wherein the retention member has a mounting part and a latching part pivoted to the mounting part.
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a printed circuit board;
an electrical connector seated upon the printed circuit board;
an electronic package coupled to the electrical connector;
a frame structure affixed to the printed circuit board;
a metallic securing seat affixed to the frame structure and having a plurality of securing posts;
a heat sink positioned upon the electronic package and having a plurality of through holes aligned with the plurality of securing posts;
a plurality of fasteners each extending through a corresponding through hole to engage a corresponding securing post and a plurality of springs each compressed between an associated fastener and the heat sink; and
a retention member mounted to a corresponding securing post for engaging the heat sink; wherein
the retention member has a mounting part and a latching part pivoted to the mounting part, and the mounting part is seated upon the metallic securing seat and located between the heat sink and the metallic securing seat.
2. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the latching part has a pair of protrusions and the mounting part has a slot to receive the pair of protrusions and a pair of ratchets to lock the pair of protrusions in the slot.
3. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising another retention member mounted to an opposite securing post.