Electrical generator or motor structure – Dynamoelectric – Rotary
Patent
1998-04-14
2000-09-19
LaBalle, Clayton
Electrical generator or motor structure
Dynamoelectric
Rotary
H02K 1100
Patent
active
061217018
ABSTRACT:
A connector assembly comprising a base portion which plugs into the base of the motor shaft and a connector body having electrical interface rods along an axial face thereof. A flexible printed circuit having one end connected to the stator has dedicated connector pads on a surface thereof which line up with and are intended to be pressed against the molded body connector rods. To maintain the pads and rods in tight electrical contact, a connector snap spring assembly is snapped in place over the connector body. The snap spring assembly is assembled in two parts comprising a first U-shaped connector snap having a base and two arms, the arms being sized and adapted to snap over shoulders of the molded body; and a connector spring which is pressed in place over the body of the connector snap and includes a plurality of flexible fingers which are aligned with the flexible printed circuit pads and the molded body connector rods so that when the arms of the snap spring assembly are snapped over the shoulders of the body, the springlike fingers tightly press the pads and connector rods together. A hole is formed in the printed circuit axially displaced from the connector pads; a finger extending radially from the connector body passes through this hole to maintain the axial alignment of the flexible printed circuit with the remainder of the press fit connector.
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Kloeppel Klaus D.
Knoche Steven C.
Pelstring Robert M.
LaBalle Clayton
Seagate Technology LLC
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