Patents Examined by Rainhard Cuneo
  • Circuit board interconnect
    Patent number: 6434012
    Abstract: Interconnection apparatus is provided which is especially useful to mount and connect circuit boards having a contact assembly of resilient compressive contacts to a backplane or other mateable board or device. The apparatus includes an enclosure having guide channels for each board to be housed in the enclosure, a contact assembly for providing compressive contact between the contact ends of each board and corresponding contacts of the backplane, and elements for seating each board into engagement with the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventors: Wayne S. Alden, William Petrocelli, Peter Wapenski, Arthur G. Michaud, Michael Kirkman, Jeffery Mason, Brian Paul Sharp