Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
A backplane connector assembly of the type including a mother board, a connector housing mounted on said mother board, and a daughter board slidably insertable within said connector housing for electrical interconnection to said mother board, said assembly comprising an elongated connector housing having a pair of parallelly disposed spaced apart housing members defining at least one slot therebetween for receiving said daughter board, a force generating member disposed within said slot, said force generating member comprising a pair of resilient, essentially L-shaped members, where one leg of each said L-shaped member is fixedly disposed between said mother board and a respective one of said housing members, and the others of said legs upstand within said slot in a spaced apart relationship to receive said daughter board therebetween, said upstanding legs including a pair of opposing elastomeric members to apply a compressive pressure to said daughter board, and, a flexible circuit element mounted on said force generating member and operatively disposed to electrically interconnect said daughter board to said mother board.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
A backplane connector assembly of the type including a mother board, a connector housing mounted on said mother board, and a daughter board slidably insertable within said connector housing for electrical interconnection to said mother board, said assembly comprising an elongated connector housing having a pair of parallelly disposed spaced apart housing members defining at least one slot therebetween for receiving said daughter board, a force generating member disposed within said slot, said force generating member comprising a pair of resilient, essentially L-shaped members, where one leg of each said L-shaped member is fixedly disposed between said mother board and a respective one of said housing members, and the others of said legs upstand within said slot in a spaced apart relationship to receive said daughter board therebetween, said upstanding legs including a pair of opposing elastomeric members to apply a compressive pressure to said daughter board, and, a flexible circuit element mounted on said force generating member and operatively disposed to electrically interconnect said daughter board to said mother board.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The backplane connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the ends of said upstanding legs include opposed, cooperating camming members operatively arranged to spread said legs when contacted by said daughter board.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The backplane connector assembly according to claim 2, wherein said daughter board is provided with a notch aligned with said leg ends whereby when the daughter board is fully inserted into said slot said upstanding legs will resile and said leg ends will seat within said notch.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The backplane connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein each said leg includes a laterally, oriented groove for receiving a respective said elastomeric member, and a respective said flexible circuit element member is in contact with a respective said elastomeric member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The backplane connector assembly according to claim 4, wherein each said leg includes a pair of parallel grooves containing force generating elastomeric members, where the elastomeric members of a given pair arranged to apply pressure to a different said flexible circuit element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The backplane connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein flange means are provided at the ends of each said L-shaped member to mount same to said mother board.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
The backplane connector assembly according to claim 6, wherein a narrow web joins each said flange means to said L-shaped member to allow a lateral camming movement to said L-shaped member while said flange means is fixedly secured between said housing member and said mother board.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The backplane connector assembly according to claim 6, wherein a flange means is provided midway along the housing member between a pair of longitudinally aligned L-shaped members.