Printed circuit board indexing and locking device
US4541678A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 1983 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R12/88
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A board-indexing arrangement is provided in an end loading, rotary cam actuated, zero-insertion-force circuit board connector. An activating member drives a resilient arm locating member that temporarily presses inward on the edge of a circuit board in the receiving slot of the connector to insure seating of the board against a lateral index surface at the opposite end of the connector and thereby insures registration between the contacts of the connector and the conductors on the board. It also drives the rotary cam of the connector, moving the connector's contact strips in and out of engagement with the circuit board conductors.
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