Printed circuit board with a coupling element of a plug-in device
US6162090A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R12/7005
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printed circuit board, in particular for a display instrument in a motor vehicle, having a coupling element of a plug-in device and having one or more clearances and one or more terminal contacts of the coupling element which pass through the clearances, the coupling element having a base connected to the printed circuit board and the terminal contact or contacts on the side of the printed circuit board which is facing away from a coupling region of the coupling element being electrically connected to said printed circuit board. To simplify the production of the printed circuit board, the base of the coupling element has a connecting element which passes through the printed circuit board in a clearance, can be twisted about an axis running approximately perpendicularly with respect to the printed circuit board and locks the coupling element to the printed circuit board, and the clearance through which the connecting element passes is arranged in a plane approximately parallel to the printed circuit board at an angle with respect to the connecting element and that the connecting element is twisted when it is inserted into the clearance.
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