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Z-axis connectors for stacked printed circuit board assemblies

US5152696A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 2, 1991
Grant dateOct 6, 1992
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/931
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Z-axis connectors for interconnecting stacked printed circuit boards are formed from resilient material and have contact sections larger than cooperating through-plated holes formed in the boards. The connectors are drawn through the through-plated holes in the stacked circuit board, causing the contact section of the connector to frictionally engage the through-plated holes on at least two boards.

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