Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
Patent
1991-12-02
1993-05-04
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
439 69, 439 71, H01R 909
Patent
active
052075842
ABSTRACT:
Structure for electrically interconnecting a lead of an integrated circuit device to a terminal spaced at a distance from the lead. The apparatus includes a housing which is intermediate the lead and the terminal. The housing has a slot to receive one of each of the one or more contacts. A contact-receiving slot extends substantially parallel to an axis which extends between a corresponding integrated circuit lead and terminal. The housing further includes oppositely facing first and second surfaces. The first surface has a trough formed therein proximate the integrated circuit lead, and the second surface has a trough formed therein proximate the spaced terminal. A first elastomeric element is received in the trough formed in the first surface, and a second elastomeric element is received in the trough formed in the second surface. The first and second elastomeric elements have a measure of compressibility and tensile extendability. A generally planar contact is received within each slot. Each contact provided has a protrusion which extends outward from the first surface of the housing to be engaged by the integrated circuit lead to which it corresponds. Each contact also has a nub which extends outward from the second surface to engage the corresponding spaced terminal. Each contact also has first and second hook portions, the first hook portion being disposed proximate the contact protrusion and encircling the first elastomeric element to hold the contact to the first elastomeric element, the second hook portion being disposed proximate the contact nub and encircling the second being disposed proximate the contact nub and encircling the second elastomeric element to hold the contact to the second elastomeric element.
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Bradley Paula A.
Nawrocki Lawrence M.
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