Zero insertion force printed circuit board edge connector
CA 1088170 A · Owner: Amp Incorporated · Inventors: Desso, Jerome A.; Yeager, Marvin L
Overview
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A sequentially actuated zero insertion force printed circuit board edge connector has electrical contacts which are sequentially cam actuated for engagement with, and disengagement from an edge of, a printed circuit board. The connector has a housing with an elongate board receiving channel an elongate stepped contact drive member lying freely at the bottom of the channel and a cam member movable between the drive member and the base of the channel. A plurality of the contacts are mounted in spaced apart relationship along at least one elongate wall of the channel. The contacts have a normal position in which they engage the pads of the printed circuit board and are sequentially moved, in …
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- Granted October 21, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 21, 1997.
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