Electrical connector with tension adjusting means

Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With mating connector which receives panel circuit edge

Patent

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

439 67, H01R 909

Patent

active

055056261

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a card edge or backplane type electrical connector, where typically two or more planar electronic devices, such as a mother board and one or more daughter boards, are electrically interconnected usually by arranging the daughter board(s) perpendicular to the mother board. The electrical connector of this invention comprises a pair of opposed housing members having a slot defined by opposing facing surfaces extending therebetween to receive a first of the planar electronic devices or daughter board, where housing member consists of first and second members floatably mounted to one another by spring means urging the first and second members away from one another. Force applying means, preferably in the form of a series of elongated canted coil spring is provided in the housing members along the facing surfaces. Further, a flexible circuit film member for each housing member, having spaced apart rows of contact pads on a surface thereof, is wrapped about a respective first and second member and force applying means, where the contact pads are exposed to the slot. By this arrangement, and by ensuring the separating force of the spring means is greater than the insertion or frictional force required to place the daughter board within the slot, localized and damaging flexing of the circuit film is avoided.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4552420 (1985-11-01), Eigenbrode
patent: 4934942 (1990-06-01), Casciotti
patent: 4969824 (1990-11-01), Casciotti
patent: 5102342 (1992-04-01), Marian
patent: 5171154 (1992-12-01), Casciotti et al.
AMP Incorporated, Product Information Bulletin 65188, AMP-ASC Interconnection Systems, Feb. 27, 1992, pp. 1-4.

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Electrical connector with tension adjusting means does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Electrical connector with tension adjusting means, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Electrical connector with tension adjusting means will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-135212

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.