Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1997-04-10
1999-03-16
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361756, 439929, H05K 500
Patent
active
058837876
ABSTRACT:
A user accessible connector includes a contact support frame shaped to fit in an external housing, a spring contact attached to the contact support frame for contacting the apparatus PCB, and a guide pin attached to the contact support frame and having a fixed positional relationship with the spring contact. When secured to the external housing, the connector is laterally shiftable by a predetermined distance. The apparatus PCB is provided with a guide slot that is shaped to receive the guide pin of the connector. When mating the exterior housing with the PCB, a tapered surface of the guide pin effects shifting of the connector in the lateral direction to properly align the spring contacts with the PCB contact pads. Because the guide pin has a fixed positional relationship with the spring contacts and the guide slot has a similar fixed positional relationship with the PCB contact pads, when the guide pin is inserted in the PCB guide slot, the spring contacts are accurately aligned with the PCB contact pads.
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Ericsson Inc.
Gandhi Jayprakash N.
Picard Leo P.
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