Electrical connector for direct connection to plated through holes in circuit board
CA 2060313 C · Owner: Reymond, Welles K. · Inventors: Reymond, Welles K.; Sorrentino, Gregory L.
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A pluggable electrical connector (10) is provided having contact elements (20) with first ends (32) soldered to a daughter board (40), mid-sections (36) which are crimped and bent through ninety degrees, and second ends (34) which have a converging portion and which terminate in bifurcated conical contact portions (34) which make contact with the rims of contact-quality plated through holes (51) of a mother board (50). By causing contact between the rim and the cone surface, normal forces greater than the mating force are generated. The connector housing (30) includes selfcentering funnel openings (66) adjacent the mother board for centering the converging portions (37) of the contact …
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- Filed June 11, 1990 and granted August 14, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 11, 2010.
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