Article locating and centering means

Details Article locating and centering means Article locating and centering means

1993-09-23

1994-04-12

Paumen, Gary F.

Electrical connectors

Self aligning contact

Contact mounted in floating nonconductive holder

439571, 2482204, H01R 1373

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active

053021347

ABSTRACT:
An article such, as an electrical connector, for mounting upon a substrate, such as a printed circuit board. The article includes a mounting plane having locating and centering means thereon. The locating and centering means comprises first and second spaced apart, depending lugs, each of which tapers from a first diameter proximal the mounting plane to a second diameter, narrower than the first diameter, distal said mounting plane. The first lug has a longitudinal slot extending its length in a given direction and the second lug has a longitudinal slot extending its length in a direction orthogonal to the given direction. The slots extending in different directions provide a centering and holding response which fixes the connector in position so that subsequent operations may be performed.

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patent: 3861779 (1975-01-01), Pfeifer
patent: 4173387 (1979-11-01), Zell
patent: 4664458 (1987-05-01), Worth
patent: 5171165 (1992-12-01), Hwang
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, "Securing Printed Circuit Cables", vol. 26, No. 4, p. 2150, Sep. 1983.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, "Mechanical Strain Relief On a Surface Mounted Connector", vol. 29, No. 8, p. 3631, Jan. 1987.
IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, "Printed Circuit Board and Component Keying and Retention Design", vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 216-218, Sep. 1990.

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