US Patent Issued to TE Connectivity Japan G.K. on Aug. 19 for "Socket for electronic component including locating spring" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,941, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TE Connectivity Japan G.K. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Socket for electronic component including locating spring" was invented by Naoki Hashimoto (Kawasaki, Japan) and Masashi Inoue (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket includes a housing with a bottom plate portion and a frame body portion standing at edges of the bottom plate portion and extending along the edges. The frame body portion serves as a locator in an in-plane direction of the bottom plate portion in mounting an electronic component. The bottom plate portion and the frame body portion are integrally molded into the housi...