Zero insertion force connector clip
US4181386A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53257
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Zero insertion and extraction force connector clip for connecting conductors on a thin film to conductors on a circuit board comprises a one-piece stamped and formed member having a rectangular clip bar and means at each of its ends for mounting the clip on a circuit board in straddling relationship to the circuit board conductors. A plurality of contact springs extend from one edge of the clip bar. Each spring is reversely bent at the one edge and has a spring arm portion extending obliquely underneath the clip bar so that when the clip is mounted on the circuit board, contact portions of the springs will be against the circuit board conductors. The ends of the springs have toolengageable portions which can be engaged by a uniquely suited tool. The tool functions to raise the springs from the circuit board so that the film can be inserted between, and extracted from, the circuit board and the springs with zero force on the film conductors.
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