Low profile board-to-board electrical connector
US5501612A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S439/936
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connector (10) for interconnecting a daughter card to a mother board using a flexible circuit element (64) joining the connector contacts (54) to the daughter card traces (76), while pin sections (56) of the contacts depend from the connector for insertion into mother board through-holes. A plate (82) of dielectric material is placed atop the terminations of the flexible circuit element to the contacts, with plate apertures (86) receiving the upper contact sections (66) and solder terminations thereinto, with potting compound (98) then placed in the apertures embedding and sealing the terminations, whereafter the plate provides enhanced strain relief.
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