Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – Distinct contact secured to panel circuit
Patent
1990-03-12
1991-03-19
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
Distinct contact secured to panel circuit
439876, 439886, H01R 909
Patent
active
050006916
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a pin (21) for connecting an electrical conductor (2) to a PCB (4). The pin has a first part (24) thrust into a hole in the PCB and a second part (26), to which the electrical conductor (2) is connected by a sliding contact (8). The cross-sectional dimension (d2) of the second part (26) is greater than the cross-sectional dimension (d1) of the first part (24), and between these parts the pin (21) has a shoulder (27) with sharp edges. The hole in the circuit board is coated with a metal which is connected via tabs (22) to electrical conductors (3) of the PCB(4). The pin (21) is soldered in the hole with the aid of soldering metal (25) and flux. When the flux is heated it creeps along the surface of the pin. During soldering, the shoulder (27) with the edges prevents the flux reaching the second part (26) of the pin (21 ), the second part having contact surfaces (29) on the pin (21) against the sliding contact (8) and where the flux would be a contact resistance. The pin (21) has the advantage that its first part (24) is narrow and that the tabs (22) can have a small outside diameter. There is thus created room for a large number of conductors (3) between two adjacent pins (21).
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Ernolf Stig C.
Kassman Bjorn T.
Olsson Karl-Gustaf
Olsson Rolf T.
Bradley Paula A.
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson
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