EP0689265B1 - Connexion électrique à faible force d'insertion - Google Patents

Connexion électrique à faible force d'insertion Download PDF

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EP0689265B1
EP0689265B1 EP19950304377 EP95304377A EP0689265B1 EP 0689265 B1 EP0689265 B1 EP 0689265B1 EP 19950304377 EP19950304377 EP 19950304377 EP 95304377 A EP95304377 A EP 95304377A EP 0689265 B1 EP0689265 B1 EP 0689265B1
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Keng Thai Giam
Kok Hong Ng
Martin Kok Soon Wong
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ABB Installation Products Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/193—Means for increasing contact pressure at the end of engagement of coupling part, e.g. zero insertion force or no friction
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R31/00—Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart
    • H01R31/06—Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter

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  • the invention relates to electrical connection apparatus and more particularly but not exclusively to pin grid array (hereinafter referred to by the usual term of art acronym PGA) sockets which are used for connection with, for example, central processing unit (CPU) chips which normally have in excess of 144 pins.
  • PGA pin grid array
  • a socket connector for connection to a plurality of pins, which socket connector has a plurality of socket contacts for engagement by the plurality of pins, each socket contact having a pair of contact arms, each arm having a contact point adjacent a free end thereof, the contact points of each contact being staggered such that, in use, a particular pin does not make initial contact with both the contact points of the associated contact simultaneously, and adjacent contacts being positionally staggered with respect to each other such that, in use, the associated pair of adjacent pins does not make initial contact simultaneously with more than one contact point.
  • the staggering of the contact points is preferably such that a first contact is made between a first pin of the adjacent pair and one contact point of the contact associated with the first pin, and the next contact is made between the second pin of the adjacent pair and one contact point of the contact associated with the second pin.
  • the third contact is preferably made between the first pin and the other contact point of the contact associated with the first pin, and the fourth contact is preferably between the second pin and the other contact point of the contact associated with the second pin.
  • Each contact arm preferably has an end portion extending from the contact point to the free end, which end portion lies obliquely to the direction of pin travel to ease the entry of a pin into the associated contact.
  • Each contact preferably has a base, the contact arms extending from the base in cantilever fashion.
  • Each contact may be formed from sheet material.
  • the bases of the contacts may be coplanar, and different contact point spacing from the base plane may be achieved by different lengths of the contact arms.
  • a CPU chip is illustrated at 10 and only a small portion is shown from which two pins 11, 12 extend. As discussed previously, a CPU chip has a large number of pins, typically more than 144 and, with further developments in chips, in excess of 200 pins.
  • PGA pin grid array
  • the contact recesses 15 and 16 are of different depth, the contact recess 16 being deeper than contact recess 15.
  • the contact recesses 15 and 16 locate contacts 19, 20 respectively. Again, it would be appreciated that the number of contacts will correspond to the number of pins to the CPU chip.
  • the contacts 19 and 20 have pins 21, 22, although it will be appreciated that other forms of electrical connection could be used.
  • each recess has a two height ceiling. This provides for accommodation of contacts 19 and 20, both of which have contact arms 23, 24 and 25, 26 respectively of different lengths.
  • the contact arms 23 and 24 are of bent metal stamped from a sheet (other way of producing the contacts are possible) and are formed with contact points 30, 31 respectively. Similarly, the contact arms 25 and 26 of the contact 16 are formed with contact points 32, 33 respectively. All four contact points 30, 31, 32 and 33 lie at different distances from upper pin engagement surface 35 of the body portion 14.
  • the configuration of the contacts and location of the contact points 30, 31, 32 and 33 are such that as the CPU chip is lowered into engagement with the socket 13, the pin 12 first makes contact with the contact point 32 of the contact 20. With further downward movement of the CPU chip, the pin 11 makes contact with the contact point 30 of the contact 19. Further downward movement of the CPU chip results in contact between the pin 12 and the contact point 33 of the contact 20 and, finally, the pin 11 makes contact with the contact point 31 of the contact 19. In this way, the insertion force of the CPU chip pins into the socket 13 is reduced to approximately a quarter of the force necessary for contacts in which all contact points are level, the greatest force being necessary at initial engagement of a pin with a contact point.
  • the contact sequence between the CPU chip pins and the contact points on the contact arms may be different.
  • the invention is not limited to engagement of pin grid arrays on CPU chips; indeed, the invention is applicable to any context in which insertion force is a problem in sockets for engagement with multi-pin male connectors.

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Claims (7)

  1. Connecteur femelle (13) destiné à se connecter à une pluralité de broches (11, 12), ledit connecteur femelle comportant une pluralité de contacts à douille (19, 20) avec laquelle la pluralité de broches est destinée à venir en prise, chaque contact à douille comportant une paire de branches de contact (23, 24, 25, 26), chaque branche ayant un point de contact (30, 31, 32, 33) proche de son extrémité libre, les points de contact de chaque contact étant décalés de telle sorte qu'en cours d'utilisation, une broche individuelle n'entre pas simultanément en contact avec les deux points de contact du contact associé, et des contacts adjacents étant dans des positions décalées l'une par rapport à l'autre de telle sorte qu'en cours d'utilisation, la paire associée de broches adjacentes n'entre pas simultanément en contact avec plus d'un point de contact.
  2. Connecteur femelle selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le décalage des points de contact est tel qu'un premier contact est réalisé entre une première broche de la paire de broches adjacentes et un point de contact du contact associé à la première broche, et que le contact suivant est réalisé entre la seconde broche de la paire de broches adjacentes et un point de contact du contact associé à la seconde broche.
  3. Connecteur femelle selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le troisième contact est réalisé entre la première broche et l'autre point de contact du contact associé à la première broche, et le quatrième contact se fait entre la seconde broche et l'autre point de contact du contact associé à la seconde broche.
  4. Connecteur femelle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel chaque branche de contact comporte une partie d'extrémité s'étendant du point de contact jusqu'à l'extrémité libre, ladite partie d'extrémité étant placée en biais par rapport à la direction de translation des broches.
  5. Connecteur femelle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel chaque contact comporte une base, les branches de contact s'étendant en saillie depuis la base.
  6. Connecteur femelle selon la revendication 5, dans lequel les bases des contacts sont dans un même plan, un espacement différent des points de contact par rapport à la base étant obtenu par des longueurs différentes des branches de contact.
  7. Connecteur femelle selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel chaque contact est réalisé en un matériau en tôle mince.
EP19950304377 1994-06-24 1995-06-22 Connexion électrique à faible force d'insertion Expired - Lifetime EP0689265B1 (fr)

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GB9412713 1994-06-24
GB9412713A GB2291279B (en) 1994-06-24 1994-06-24 Improvements in or relating to electrical connection apparatus

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EP0689265A1 (fr) 1995-12-27
CA2152436A1 (fr) 1995-12-25
ES2107892T3 (es) 1997-12-01
DE69500518T2 (de) 1997-12-11
GB9412713D0 (en) 1994-09-28

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