Method for handling connectors

Details Method for handling connectors Method for handling connectors

1974-09-09

1976-03-02

Lanham, C. W.

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Electrical device making

29203P, 29630R, 29630D, H01R 4300

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039408493

ABSTRACT:
An array of bent wire connectors to grip the edge of a printed circuit board is held in spaced, opposed grooves on facing side walls of a holder so that the whole array can be affixed to a mother board as a unit by soldering the free ends of the connectors in place. The grooves can be preformed to hold the connectors in the array, or they can be formed in situ by heating a jig with the connectors assembled in a similar array of holes in the surface of the jig and then pressing a thermoplastic holder onto the connectors. The heated connectors soften the contiguous portions of the holder, and after the latter is in place, the assembly is allowed to cool so that the thermoplastic material can reharden in gripping relation to the connectors. A bar can separate gripping portions of the connectors to align them and give them a pre-set position to receive the edge of the printed circuit board easily.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3132913 (1964-05-01), Pohl
patent: 3340440 (1967-09-01), Minter
patent: 3496634 (1970-02-01), Kurtz et al.
patent: 3524234 (1970-08-01), Dickson et al.
patent: 3771101 (1973-11-01), Elkins
patent: 3807045 (1974-04-01), Bennett et al.

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