Wire/disk board-to-board interconnect device
CA 1291274 C · Owner: Cray Research, Inc. · Inventors: Neumann, Eugene F.
Overview
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An apparatus and method for creating a stack assembly of print circuit boards and for providing electrical interconnection between the individual through-plated hole pads of the circuit boards is described. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a device comprised of two parts: a slotted disk and a wire. The slotted disk is attached to the surface of the printed circuit board so as to cover a hole pad and form an electrical connection therewith. The covered holes of the printed circuit board are axially aligned between circuit boards and an electrically conducting wire is inserted through the slotted disks on the circuit boards to form an electrical connection therewith.
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- Granted October 22, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 22, 2008.
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