Abstract: An electrical connection structure allowing reduction in height and easy disassembly, wherein a first connecting member comprises a flexible substrate comprising a flexible insulating film, at least one conductive pad formed on at least one side thereof, a conductive circuit pattern extending from the rim of the pad, a through-hole formed through the thickness thereof at a planar position within the pad, and a small aperture formed at a planar position within the pad and communicating with the through-hole, and a second connecting member comprises a conductive projection formed at least one side thereof and electrically connected with a conductive circuit pattern formed inside or on the second connecting member, where the electrical connection is formed in the manner such that the conductive projection of the second connecting member is inserted in the through-hole of the first connecting member, through the small aperture in the pad, bending the pad and the portion of the insulating film under the pad, along

Abstract: The present invention may be used for press-fit insertion into an electrical contact hole or an electrical solderless contact. An electrical contact may have a contact portion, an insert portion and a position portion therebetween. There may be an insert guide portion at an insert end and a resilient portion rearward thereof. The resilient portion may have an opening through the sides formed as an elliptically shaped portion with an oblong end portion at each end along a longitudinal axis of the electrical contact. The resilient portion may have a first beam and a second beam spaced apart and arched with a convex outside edge symmetrically located along the longitudinal axis. A first projection and a second projection may be spaced apart and opposed orthogonal to the longitudinal axis on an inner surface of the opening.

Abstract: A support portion of an elastic contactor is located in a fixed region surrounded by a plurality of openings on a contact sheet. The support portion extends over the substantially entire fixed region and along the outer rims of the surrounding openings.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing (1a) including a pair of retaining spacers (1b) embedded therein and a number of terminals (2). The insulating housing has a base portion (11) with a concaving room (110) and an engaging portion (12). The terminal (2) defines a retaining portion (21) retained in the base portion, a contacting portion (22) projecting in the engaging portion and a leg portion (23). The retaining spacers are received in the concaving room and press against the retaining portions of the terminals.

Abstract: A socket connector, for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a base having a plurality of through holes, a cover mounted on the base and having a top plate, a plurality of wire-shape contacts bent from a metal haulm and an adapter assembled below the base. The contact has a contacting portion inserting into the top plate of the cover, a tail retained to the base and an elastic center portion connecting the contacting portion and the tail, the center portion is located between the base and the top plate of the cover. The adapter receives the tails of the contacts and has a plurality of exposed solder balls electrically connecting the tails.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first row of contacts, a second row of contacts, a first ground plane, a second ground plane, each extending in a first direction. The first row of contacts is located closer to the first ground plane than any other ground plane in the electrical connector. The second row of contacts is located closer to the second ground plane than any other ground plane in the electrical connector. The first row of contacts, the second row of contacts, the first ground plane, and the second ground plane oppose each other such that the first row of contacts, the second row of contacts, the first ground plane, and the second ground plane are arranged with respect to each other in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A press-in hole (16) of a housing (10) is formed to be gradually wider from the front end toward the rear end, a large dimensional difference between the width of the press-in hole 16 and that of a press-in portion (21) of a tab-shaped terminal (20) is ensured at a front end portion of the press-in hole 16, so that the tab-shaped terminal (20) can be reliably retained in the housing (10). On the other hand, since the dimensional difference between the width of the press-in hole 16 and that of the press-in portion (21) is small at a rear end portion of the press-in hole (16), press-in resistance at an initial stage of a press-in process is reduced.

Abstract: An electric drive (1) with a circuit board (2), having conductor tracks (3) and contact openings (4) with plated through-holes (5) and equipped with electronic components (6), the circuit board (2) being coated with a protective layer (7) of insulating material, and press-fit contacts (8) are inserted into the contact openings (4) and in electrical contact areas (9) within the contact openings (4) electrical contact exists between a press-fit contact (8) and the plated through-hole (5) of the contact opening (4). The task of the invention is to reliably protect circuit boards of electric drives exposed to moisture and other chemical environmental effects and contact them economically.

Abstract: An interconnect device is provided with a body through which a plurality of wells has been defined. At least one component having two terminals is provided in one or more of the wells. The component is sealed in its respective well such that the two terminals are accessible on opposite sides of the body. The body corresponds to a Ball Grid Array (BGA) device and is positioned between a BGA device and a printed circuit board (PCB). The component in the well is then inline with a solder ball on the BGA device and a corresponding pad on the PCB. Providing the component in the well frees up surface area on the PCB and also allows for positioning the component closer to a source of a signal. A component in the well is a discrete component having two terminals that may be solderable or made from a conductive pliable material. The terminals may be spring-mounted on the component.

Abstract: The invention relates to contact pins for providing an electrical connection between electronic devices. In one aspect the pin is adapted to be inserted into a hole of a circuit carrier and the pin comprises at least three portions; namely a contact termination portion, an electrical contact portion and a mechanical fastening portion. The mechanical fastening portion preferably allows a fastening of the contact pin without any soldering.

Abstract: A socket assembly for connecting an array of bulbous terminals such as balls wherein the female element is a miniature tube that has resilient prongs that grip the corresponding terminals with varying force during insertion and deletion. The tube is of resilient conductive material that has been sliced or helically partitioned into opposing prongs forming slots of a width that increases with axial distance from the end of the tube so as to allow the prongs of the connector to grip around the ball-like bulbous terminal and mechanically retain the terminal within the connector. The tubular element of the connector may be made by forming prongs in one or both ends of a tube by cuts of a width that increases with distance from the end of the tube.

Abstract: A circuit board configuration and method of packaging electronic component embedded into the circuit board in a manner that supports the electronic component thermally, electrically, and mechanically thereof, comprising a circuit board having a first surface and a circuit trace on the first surface; a recess or slot formed on the first surface defined by at least one sidewall that is oblique to the first surface of the circuit board; two or more plated surfaces on the at least one oblique sidewall and electrically connected to the circuit trace; and an electronic component having two or more electrical contact surfaces mounted to the two or more plated surfaces such that the electronic component is physically mounted to the oblique sidewall and in electrical communication with the circuit trace.

Abstract: A component having a mechanical contact for connecting the component to a carrier, particularly a printed-circuit board, a coating made of an adhesive material being formed on the contact; the adhesive material containing an encapsulated adhesive substance. A method for producing a component to be mounted on a carrier, particularly on a printed-circuit board; the component being provided with a mechanical contact for connecting the component to the carrier; a coating made of an adhesive material being applied to the contact; the adhesive material having an encapsulated adhesive substance.

Abstract: The present invention provides electrical contact assemblies can be used with vacuum deposition sources. In one exemplary application, the electrical contact assemblies of the present invention provide electrical contact to an arcuate or otherwise curved surface of a heating device used with a vacuum deposition source.

Abstract: An electrical connector made up of an array of metallic contacts that act as conductive carriers, each attached to a flexible insulating sheet in one of an array of openings provided in the flexible sheet. The metallic contacts have portions disposed on opposite sides of the flexible insulating sheet that form a contact channel region that retains a rim portion surrounding an opening. The electrical connector provides a flexible carrier for the contacts to conform to irregular mating surfaces of components to be joined. For a given contact height, the electrical connector further provides a minimum electrical path length for components connected by the contacts board. In one aspect, the metallic contacts including at least one side containing elastic portions are formed from sheets of conductive material. In one aspect, circular shaped contacts are singulated after opposing conductive sheets are joined in regions within the openings of the flexible insulating sheet.

Abstract: A support portion of an elastic contactor is located in a fixed region surrounded by a plurality of openings on a contact sheet. The support portion extends over the substantially entire fixed region and along the outer rims of the surrounding openings.

Abstract: A press-fit contact to be press-fit into a hole formed in a substrate so as to be retained in and electrically connected to the substrate includes a retention part configured to be retained in the substrate by being press-fit into the hole and a contact part configured to be electrically connected to the substrate, wherein the retention part and the contact part are separated and spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) is adapted for mounting to a circuit substrate having a board-mounting face (12) and a mounting peg (13) projecting from said board-mounting face (12). Said mounting peg (13) is bifurcated and defines a pair of legs (136,137) separated by an axial slit (132). Protrusions 134 are formed on the inner wall of both legs (136,137) to limit the deflection so as to prevent said legs (136,137) from breakage.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a printed circuit board having a set of layers and a set of barrels embedded within the set of layers. The apparatus further includes an electrical component having a component body and a set of pins which extends from the component body. The apparatus further includes a set of sleeves. Each sleeve defines a substantially conical shape. The set of sleeves provides electrical and thermal conductivity between the set of pins of the electrical component and the set of barrels of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A socket connector, for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a base having a plurality of through holes, a cover mounted on the base and having a top plate, a plurality of wire-shape contacts bent from a metal haulm and an adapter assembled below the base. The contact has a contacting portion inserting into the top plate of the cover, a tail retained to the base and an elastic center portion connecting the contacting portion and the tail, the center portion is located between the base and the top plate of the cover. The adapter receives the tails of the contacts and has a plurality of exposed solder balls electrically connecting the tails.

Abstract: In a module, press-fit connection using a pin terminal including a connection part separated into two parts and a flat plane parallel to the lengthwise direction in the separation part and perpendicular to the separation direction of the pin terminal is performed. A through-hole of a board is structured so that an inner diameter of the through-hole at a middle part in the thickness direction of the board is smaller than that at obverse and reverse surfaces of the board and the length of the middle part of the through-hole connected to the pin terminal is shorter than the length of the flat plane of the pin terminal.

Abstract: An interconnection element for coupling a component with a circuit board having a top side and a bottom side has a planar portion configured to be surface mounted on the top side of the circuit board to overlie an opening in the circuit board. An opening is formed in the planar portion to coincide with the circuit board opening. Opposing spring fingers are coupled to the planar portion, and each spring finger has a gripping leg extending downwardly toward the planar portion. The gripping legs are positioned on opposite sides of the opening in the planar portion and extend through the opening in the planar portion to extend into the board opening and capture a component lead that extends in the board opening from the bottom side of the circuit board.

Abstract: Provided is a receptacle connector for a battery in a mobile electric device. The receptacle connector includes a contact terminal, a connection terminal, and an extension portion. The contact terminal electrically contacts a plug connector of the mobile electric device. The connection terminal is fit and soldered in a through hole of a battery PCB, and is integrally formed with the contact terminal. The extension portion is bent and extends from a front end of the connection terminal to form a solder receiving space for receiving solder flowing through the through hole of the PCB together with the connection terminal while a soldering operation is performed on the connection terminal. The extension portion together with the connection terminal is fit and soldered in the through hole of the PCB.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical press-in contact, particularly press-in pin con-tact, for transmitting electric current and/or electrical signals, comprising a press-in section and a mounting section which are mechanically coupled with each other via a relief section, and the relief section comprises a compensating portion and a stop portion, wherein the compensating portion allows a coupled relative movement of the press-in section and the mounting section, and the stop portion blocks a movement of press-in section and mounting section towards each other. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electrical or electronic module or a printed circuit board comprising an electrical press-in contact according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to interconnections between electrical and electronic devices, such as integrated circuit packages, chips, wafers, substrates or printed circuit boards or similar electronic devices. The invention relates more specifically to springs, used to make connections to electrical elements and to applications of such springs in connectors or interconnection devices. More particularly the springs can be located adjacent to each other on small effective center distances to accommodate high-density electronic devices. Furthermore, the invention relates to connectors that comprise combs that are used in conjunction with such springs, to create and to control the wiping or scrubbing action, which can promote good electrical connection. Moreover, the invention uses such combs that are thermally matched to the electronic devices to improve the performance during thermal cycling procedures.

Abstract: A connector connected with a circuit board includes a housing and a main body. The housing has an insert hole and an accommodating portion. The main body is fixed in the accommodating portion and has a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of pins arranged in the same direction. When a plug is plugged in the insert hole, a plugging direction of the plug is perpendicular to the circuit board.

Abstract: A burn-in socket for receiving an IC package comprises a socket body, a plurality of contacts mounted in the socket body and an actuator movably mounted upon the socket body. Each contact in the socket body includes a pair of clipping arms with tip portions at free ends thereof respectively. Solder balls attached to the bottom of the IC package are respectively clipped between the pair of the tip portions and thus the IC package should be brought into electrical contact with the contacts of the burn-in socket. The tip portion is plated with a Pd—Co layer for reducing the attachment of the Sn and preventing the impedance of the contacts to increase. Meanwhile, the IC package can be sucked up successfully without absorption from the contacts of the burn-in socket.

Abstract: A method for producing a terminal has the steps of disposing butt surfaces of a pair of forming dies and side surfaces of a linear conductive material having a square shape in cross section parallel to one another, forming cutting recesses on ridge lines of the linear conductive material by first pressing surfaces, each provided on each of the butt surfaces, forming tapered surfaces continuous with the cutting recesses by second pressing surfaces, each formed by cutting at least one side edge portion of the first pressing surface, and cutting the cutting recesses so that a unit-length terminal is cut out.

Abstract: A socket assembly for connecting an array of bulbous terminals such as balls wherein the female element is a miniature tube that has resilient prongs that grip the corresponding terminals with varying force during insertion and deletion. The tube is of resilient conductive material that has been sliced or helically partitioned into opposing prongs forming slots of a width that increases with axial distance from the end of the tube so as to allow the prongs of the connector to grip around the ball-like bulbous terminal and mechanically retain the terminal within the connector. The tubular element of the connector may be made by forming prongs in one or both ends of a tube by cuts of a width that increases with distance from the end of the tube.

Abstract: An electrical connection assembly includes a substrate having first and second sides and a substrate aperture formed therein. The substrate is made of an electrically non-conductive material. A busbar is attached to the first side of the substrate. The busbar has a busbar aperture formed therein. A trace is formed on the second surface of the substrate. The busbar and trace are formed of an electrically conductive material. A pin is disposed in both the substrate aperture and the busbar aperture, wherein the pin is in electrical communication with the busbar and the trace.

Abstract: An onboard connector is mounted on a circuit board. The onboard connector includes a plurality of terminals, each of which having a first electrical contact portion formed at one end portion thereof so as to be electrically connected to a mating connector and a second electrical contact portion formed at the other end portion thereof so as to be press-fitted into the corresponding through-hole land to electrically contact an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole land, the second electrical contact portion being plated, and a connector housing including a plurality of terminal receiving chambers which are open to a lower face of the connector housing. The terminals are received in the connector housing so that the second electrical contact portions project from the lower surface of the connector housing through openings of the respective terminal receiving chambers.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) for electrically connecting an electronic package (8) with a circuit substrate comprising a housing assembly with a plurality of first passageways (90) and a plurality of contacts (1) received in the housing assembly, the first passageways (90) comprise a back wall (902), a front wall (901) and two side walls (903) connecting with the back wall (902) and the front wall (901), the contact (1) comprises a base portion (10) defining a plane extending along the back wall (902), a contacting portion (11) extending upwardly from one end of the base portion (10), a tail portion (13) extending downwardly from the other end of the base portion (10) and a retention portion (12) extending away from the plane.

Abstract: A connecting terminal has an electrically-conductive ring surrounding a columnar space. Electrically-conductive elastic pieces extend from the electrically-conductive ring in the direction of the central axis of the columnar space. Electrically-conductive blades stand from the outer surfaces of the electrically-conductive elastic pieces. A lead terminal is received in the columnar space. The tip ends of the electrically-conductive elastic pieces are urged against the lead terminal. The lead terminal is prevented from withdrawing out of the through hole. Electric connection is established between the lead terminal and the elastic pieces. The blade or blades of the connecting terminal or terminals stick into the wall surface of the through hole. The connecting terminal is thus firmly held in the through hole. Electric connection is established between the blade or blades and the through hole. Electric connection is thus established between the lead terminal and the through hole.

Abstract: A pin for insertion into a hole having a diameter and a plating therein is provided. The pin includes a compliant portion including a pair of outwardly biased beam members having an elongate opening therebetween. Each beam has a beam thickness. The beam thickness and the elongate opening are optimized with respect to the diameter such when the pin is inserted into the hole that the compliant portion is limited to a predetermined level of plastic deformation and the compliant portion is limited to a predetermined level of damage imparted upon the hole plating.

Abstract: A socket for coupling signals between an electrical component and a circuit board or equivalent has a mechanism that, when activated, attaches the electrical component to the socket so that it is not possible to remove the electrical component without damaging it. The mechanism may include a clamshell lid with a one-time locking mechanism, a pin contact mechanism that, after initial locking, will detach the pins of the electrical component if further disturbed, or a moat around the base of the electrical component for disposing an epoxy fastener. The moat may include a heating element to cure the epoxy or other glue. The socket may include an electrical component that allows detection of tampering with the socket.

Abstract: Electrical connectors are adapted to provide a reliable electrical connection to mating elements of a mating connector. The connector can have sockets that accept mating elements of the mating connector. Conductors of the connector are associated with each socket and make electrical contact with mating elements received therein. A loading band of the connector is tensioned to provide a contact force between the conductor and the mating element when the mating connector is in the socket. Electrical connectors constructed in this manner can provide increased current density and/or a more reliable connection between the conductors and the mating element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a press fit electronic component for a light emitter. The electronic component comprises at least one light emitter and at least one connection lead in electrical communication with the light emitter, the lead being configured for forming a frictional fit with a corresponding hole, the lead further being sufficiently rigid to withstand a compressive insertion force into the hole.

Abstract: A method of connecting signal lines, a printed circuit board assembly and an electronic apparatus having the same. The present general inventive concept provides a printed circuit board assembly in which signal lines are connected between a first board and a second board, including a connector having a plurality of pins provided in one of the first board and the second board, and a connector coupling member having a plurality of pin housings which come in contact with the pins by being deformed in a pin coupling direction to electrically connect to the pins and which are provided in a surface of the other of the first board and the second board.

Abstract: To prevent damage to a printed circuit board due to concentration of contact pressure during press-fitting of press-fit contacts into through-holes of the board with narrow pitches, a press-fit contact includes a bulge portion formed wide substantially at a center in a long direction thereof, a press-fit portion extending from one end of the bulge portion and projecting in an arc in a width direction of the press-fit contact, a contact portion extending from the other end of the bulge portion, and an introduction portion extending from a distal end of the press-fit portion. A center portion of the press-fit portion in the long direction thereof, when adjacent press-fit contacts are provided in alignment with a line, has a direction of expansion that is not parallel to the line but is angled so as to be rotated about an axis of the center portion at a predetermined angle.

Abstract: A contact that makes electrical contact with a flat plate-form mating contact includes a base having a fastening member for securing the base to an insulating housing of an electrical connector, a first spring that extends upward from the base, a linking member that extends downward from a tip end of the first spring, and a second spring that is more easily flexed than the first spring that extends upward from a lower end of the linking member. The second spring has a contact member at a tip end thereof. The first spring moves the contact member in a first direction when a contact force is applied to the contact member in a direction of the base, and the second spring moves the contact member in a second direction opposite from the first direction when a further contact force is applied to the contact member in a direction of the base.

Abstract: A socket connector for connecting a bulbous terminal or ball wherein the female element grips the terminal with resilient prongs with end tips at low insertion force but positive contact is maintained and wherein attempted withdrawal is normally inhibited by increasing force applied to the post by the female element in response to the withdrawal force. The female element comprises a tube of resilient conductive material that has been sliced or helically partitioned into opposing prongs of a width that decreases with axial distance from the end of the connector so as to allow the prongs of the connector to grip around the ball-like bulbous terminal and mechanically retain the terminal within the connector. The tubular element of the connector may be made by forming prongs in one or both ends of a tube by cuts of a width that increases with distance from the end of the tube.

Abstract: A terminal adapted to be inserted into a through-hole of a board from an insertion end and electrically connected to the board, includes a body portion in a cylindrical shape, a first retaining portion outwardly extending from the body portion so as to be elastically deformable in a perpendicular direction relative to an axial direction of the body portion and contacting a first surface of the board or a boundary portion between the first surface and the through-hole, and a second retaining portion positioned at a counter-insertion end side relative to the first retaining portion, outwardly protruding from the body portion and contacting a second surface, which is an opposite surface of the first surface, or a boundary portion between the second surface and the through-hole.

Abstract: In a fixation structure for fixing a lamp on a printed circuit board (PCB), a connection end of the lamp is received within a connection hole of the PCB and a sleeve having approximately cone shape is disposed between the lamp and the PCB. When the connection end of the lamp is continuously inserted into the connection hole of the PCB, a contact area between the connection end and the connection hole is increased, thereby effectively enhancing a contact-and-on performance of the lamp and the PCB. Sleeves may be located on lamps leads or alternatively placed in the connection hole of the PCB.

Abstract: An electric connector to be attached to a plate-like connection member having an edge portion, a plurality of insertion convex portions formed sideways at the edge portion, and a conductive portion formed on at least one of the front surface and the back surface of each insertion convex portion includes an insulating housing and a contact forming member made of a metal and held in the housing. The contact forming member includes a box-like portion having four walls and a connection member connecting contact extended from at least one of the walls of the box-like portion. The four walls define an insertion concave portion into which the insertion convex portion corresponding thereto is inserted along a predetermined insertion direction. The connection member connecting contact includes a contact portion that makes contact with the conductive portion of the corresponding insertion convex portion inserted into the insertion concave portion.

Abstract: To provide a press-fit terminal with excellent connection reliability of which a plating surface is not scraped off when press-fitted into a through hole of a circuit board. Manufacture of the press-fit terminal for inserting into the conductive through hole of the circuit board includes the steps of forming an underplating layer including one or more plating layers on a surface of a terminal base of a connecting part of the press-fit terminal which comes into electrical contact with the through hole, forming an Sn plating layer on the top plating layer, and after the step of forming the Sn plating layer, conducting a reflow process of performing heat treatment to form an alloy layer of Sn and an underplating metal of the top plating layer on the underplating layer as well as make unalloyed Sn mixed in an outside layer of the alloy layer.

Abstract: An electric connector having an insulating body, a plurality of terminals received in the insulating body and a press unit pressing a chip module. The press unit has at least one elastic arm. The elastic arm has a driving portion. At least one limiting body is formed on the insulating body. When the driving portion is driven, the limiting body serves to limit the elastic arm not to over-deform.

Abstract: A press-fit pin is press-fitted into a conductive through-hole disposed on a printed circuit board. The press-fit pin includes a contact portion, a shoulder portion, a press-fit portion, and a tip portion. The contact portion forms a terminal of a male connector to be mounted on the printed circuit board by inserting into a housing of the male connector along with the shoulder portion. The press-fit portion includes a interference fit mechanism that comprises a complementary protrusion and recess. The press-fit portion has the property of elastic deformation. Thus, the interference fit mechanism comes into interference with the through-hole, thereby allowing the press-fit pin to be mechanically fixed to the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A terminal has a plurality of split solder portions inserted into through-holes in a printed circuit board. A first split solder portion has a cross-sectional shape such that four corners thereof contact an inner circumferential surface of the through hole for positioning, while a second split solder portion has a cross-sectional shape such that the portion is loosely inserted into the through hole without contacting an inner circumferential surface thereof. The plurality of split solder portions of the terminal are inserted into through holes having substantially equal diameters. The four corners of the first split solder portion contact the inner circumferential surface of the through hole for positioning and holding. The second split solder portion does not contact the inner circumferential surface of the through hole. The through holes are filled with solder to fix the split solder portions therein.

Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly is formed by a press-fit connector attached to a printed circuit board. The press-fit connector includes a plurality of press-fit terminals and a housing. An overlapping resist part is formed on the printed circuit board. The overlapping resist part closely contacts the housing, and is arranged in a circular shape at an outer circumference of a through hole. By dipping the housing and the overlapping resist part closely contacting each other into a synthetic resin bath, the synthetic resin is filled in an inside of the through hole and a space surrounded by the overlapping resist part, and swarf of the press-fit terminal is fixed in the synthetic resin.

Abstract: A single pole female connector has: a mounting base portion in which is formed a terminal insertion hole into which a male terminal can be inserted; an extending portion extending outwardly from the mounting base portion; and a terminal contacting portion which extends from a peripheral edge of the mounting base portion in a direction substantially orthogonal to a plate portion, and which is formed so as to be able to nip the male terminal. The extending portion is electrically connected by being reflow soldered to a land at a reverse surface of the substrate. It is difficult for cream solder to enter into a male terminal insertion path at an inner side of the female connector.