US3905665A
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Electrical contact structure and assembly method
Assignee: TE Connectivity Corp
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Filing: 1973-03-13
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Granted: 1975-09-16
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Expires: 1993-03-13
Abstract
Abstract According to one aspect of the disclosure, a planar substrate receives a plurality of conductive posts therein, which posts include an offset medial portion having a laterally projecting notch portion. Certain posts are arranged with their notch portions in coplanar relationship and in latching registration with an interior sidewall portion of a housing received over the posts. Accordingly, the housing provides an insulating receptacle shroud for the posts and is latchingly retained in place without a need for attachment to the substrate. The shroud is also provided with card guides connected thereto by integral hinge portions enabling alignment of, and reducing twisting and warping of, the card guides. The card guides are additionally coupled together with rails further reducing twisting and warping of the guides. The terminals are advantageously mounted in strip form for ease in manufacture and assembly to the substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 James Edward Lynch
- 👤 Kenneth Ronald Parmer
- 👤 Robert Franklin Cobaugh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:28
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/51; H01R12/55; H01R12/58; H01R12/585; H01R4/00; H01R4/02; H01R4/028; H05; H05K; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0302; H05K2201/0305; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09009; H05K2201/09118; H05K3/00; H05K3/40; H05K3/4038
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
In a panel having a substrate provided with metal lined apertures, a plurality of contacts having medial portions mounted in said metal lined apertures and a housing mounted on said substrate and encircling said contacts, the improvement comprising: bands of solder on medial portions of said contacts joining said contacts to said metal lined apertures, sidewall portions on said housing having resilient latching means resiliently and removably latched to selected ones of said contacts, a pair of opposed elongated card guide channels projecting from said housing, integral reduced neck portions joining said channels in cantilever fashion to said housing, said neck portiOns being resiliently deformable to serve as resiliently deformable hinges between said channels and said housing, and protruding means on each of said channels for providing a two-point support at the terminal end of a corresponding channel, said protruding means extending in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the corresponding channel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
In a panel having a substrate provided with metal lined apertures, a plurality of contacts having medial portions mounted in said metal lined apertures and a housing mounted on said substrate and encircling said contacts, the improvement comprising: bands of solder on medial portions of said contacts joining said contacts to said metal lined apertures, sidewall portions on said housing having resilient latching means resiliently and removably latched to selected ones of said contacts, a pair of opposed elongated card guide channels projecting from said housing, integral reduced neck portions joining said channels in cantilever fashion to said housing, said neck portiOns being resiliently deformable to serve as resiliently deformable hinges between said channels and said housing, and protruding means on each of said channels for providing a two-point support at the terminal end of a corresponding channel, said protruding means extending in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the corresponding channel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The structure as recited in claim 1, wherein said protruding means includes a pair of protruding bosses mutually spaced and on the terminal end of a corresponding channel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
The structure as recited in claim 1, wherein, said contacts each includes an elongated first portion, a planar shelf portion extending laterally of the longitudinal axis of said first portion and engaged on said substrate, a depending elongated post portion integral with said shelf portion and providing said medial portion joined to a corresponding metal lined aperture.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The structure as recited in claim 3, wherein, said shelf portion of each contact includes a notch for selectively receiving said latching means in latched registration therein.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
165 words
In a panel having a substrate provided with metal lined apertures, a plurality of contacts having medial portions mounted in said metal lined apertures and a housing mounted on said substrate and encircling said contacts, the improvement comprising: bands of solder on medial portions of said contacts joining said contacts to said metal lined apertures, sidewall portions on said housing having resilient latching means resiliently and removably latched to selected ones of said contacts, each contact medial portion having an inverted shoulder and an adjacent elongated section, said inverted shoulder having solder thereon and being engaged on said substrate against a corresponding metal lined aperture, said elongated section having said solder thereon and being internally within a corresponding metal lined aperture, means on each contact in spaced relationship from said substrate for selective latched receipt of said latching means thereon and, a clearance in a corresponding sidewall portion adjacent to said latching means to allow insertion of a tool therein to unlatch said latching means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
165 words
In a panel having a substrate provided with metal lined apertures, a plurality of contacts having medial portions mounted in said metal lined apertures and a housing mounted on said substrate and encircling said contacts, the improvement comprising: bands of solder on medial portions of said contacts joining said contacts to said metal lined apertures, sidewall portions on said housing having resilient latching means resiliently and removably latched to selected ones of said contacts, each contact medial portion having an inverted shoulder and an adjacent elongated section, said inverted shoulder having solder thereon and being engaged on said substrate against a corresponding metal lined aperture, said elongated section having said solder thereon and being internally within a corresponding metal lined aperture, means on each contact in spaced relationship from said substrate for selective latched receipt of said latching means thereon and, a clearance in a corresponding sidewall portion adjacent to said latching means to allow insertion of a tool therein to unlatch said latching means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The structure as recited in claim 5, wherein, said last-mentioned means includes a second inverted shoulder.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The structure as recited in claim 5, wherein, said substrate includes a pair of printed circuit boards having metal lined aperture sections defining said metal lined apertures, said contact medial portions being joined internally of said aperture sections by said solder, and a solid dielectric sandwiched between said printed circuit boards.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1978-09-15 | 1979-03-17 | 1979-09-16 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-09-15 | 1983-03-17 | 1983-09-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-09-15 | 1987-03-17 | 1987-09-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |