Apparatus for surface mount connectors
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsJian Miremadi, David A. Moore, John Norton, Eduardo F. Velazquez
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Abstract
Apparatus including an elongated body to couple with a surface mount connector to reduce or prevent deformation of the surface mount connector during soldering of the surface mount connector to a substrate, the surface mount connector including a connector housing having a first end portion and a second end portion. In one implementation, the elongated body may include: a first body end portion forming a first tab insertable into a first portion of a socket defined by the first housing end portion; and a second body end portion forming a second tab insertable into a second portion of the socket defined by the second housing end portion.
Claims19
An apparatus to reduce or prevent deformation of a surface mount connector during soldering of the surface mount connector to a substrate in a reflow oven, the surface mount connector including a connector housing having a top surface, a first housing end portion having defined therein a first portion of a socket, and a second housing end portion having defined therein a second portion of a socket, the apparatus comprising:
- an elongated body having a planar surface to couple with and contact the top surface of the surface mount connector along an entire length of the planar surface, wherein the elongated body includes:
- a first body end portion forming a first tab insertable into the first portion of the socket;
- and
- a second body end portion forming a second tab insertable into the second portion of the socket;
- wherein the entire length of the planar surface extends from a beginning of the first body end portion to a beginning of the second body end portion.
A method for reducing or preventing deformation of a surface mount connector during soldering of the surface mount connector to a substrate in a reflow oven, the surface mount connector including a connector housing having a top surface, a first housing end portion having defined therein a first portion of a socket, and a second housing end portion having defined therein a second portion of a socket, the method comprising:
- providing an apparatus that includes an elongated body having a planar surface to couple with and contact the top surface of the surface mount connector along an entire length of the planar surface, wherein the elongated body includes:
- a first body end portion forming a first tab insertable into the first portion of the socket, and
- a second body end portion forming a second tab insertable into the second portion of the socket, wherein the entire length of the planar surface extends from a beginning of the first body end portion to a beginning of the second body end portion;
- prior to the soldering:
- distributing a weight of the apparatus across a top surface of the surface mount connector by disposing the elongated body on a top surface of the surface mount connector, wherein a planar surface of the elongated body contacts the top surface of the surface mount connector along an entire length of the planar surface;
- inserting the first tab into the first portion of the socket;
- and
- inserting the second tab into the second portion of the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.