Conductive connector
AssigneeAcacia Communications, Inc.
InventorDavid Mullert
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Abstract
A system and apparatus for increasing connectivity of a circuit board comprising a connector, wherein the connector has a horizontal body and a hollow cylindrical portion extruding vertically from the body; wherein the cylindrical portion is made up of a set of pieces; wherein at least a piece of the set of pieces is arranged to expand horizontally upon insertion of a phalanx head in a vertical manner. A method to increase current connectivity comprising screwing a fastener into threads of a connector through a hollow cylindrical portion of the connector; wherein the hollow cylindrical portion of the connector is made up of a set of pieces; wherein the screwing causes a phalanx head to contact the cylindrical portion expanding at least one piece of the set of pieces in a horizontal manner in relation to the fastener.
Claims19
A system to increase current connectivity comprising:
- a phalanx head;
- a connector, wherein the connector has a horizontal body and a hollow cylindrical portion extruding vertically from the body;
- wherein the cylindrical portion is made up of a set of pieces;
- wherein the cylindrical portion has an inner circumference;
- wherein at least a piece of the set of pieces is arranged to expand horizontally upon insertion of the phalanx head in a vertical manner;
- wherein at least a first portion of the phalanx head is smaller than the inner circumference of the cylindrical portion and at least a second portion of the phalanx head is larger than the inner circumference of the cylindrical portion;
- wherein the connector has a hollow threaded portion vertically aligned with the hollow cylindrical portion;
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- a fastener with external threads sized to screw into the threaded portion of the connector.
A method to increase current connectivity comprising;
- screwing a fastener into threads of a connector through a hollow cylindrical portion of the connector;
- wherein the hollow cylindrical portion of the connector is made up of a set of pieces;
- wherein the screwing causes a phalanx head to contact the cylindrical portion expanding at least one piece of the set of pieces in a horizontal manner in relation to the fastener.
An apparatus to increase current connectivity, the apparatus comprising:
- a connector, wherein the connector has a horizontal body and a hollow cylindrical portion extruding vertically from the body;
- wherein the cylindrical portion is made up of a set of pieces;
- wherein the cylindrical portion has an inner circumference;
- wherein at least a piece of the set of pieces is arranged to expand horizontally upon insertion of a phalanx head in a vertical manner;
- wherein at least a first portion of the phalanx head is smaller than the inner circumference of the cylindrical portion and at least a second portion of the phalanx head is larger than the inner circumference of the cylindrical portion;
- wherein the connector has a hollow threaded portion vertically aligned with the hollow cylindrical portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.