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US 10,952,324 B2Granted
Spacer for surface mountable electronic components
AssigneeFacebook Technologies, LLC
InventorRaymond Lee
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Abstract
A spacer is provided to allow a surface mount device (SMD) to be surface mounted onto a PCB with greater degrees of freedom. The spacer is designed to be surface mountable to the PCB and includes an electrically non-conducting body that has a first surface facing the SMD, a second surface facing the PCB, and through holes and/or indents in the electrically non-conducting body to accommodate electrical conductors that provide electrical connections between the SMD and the PCB. The spacer may provide one or more of: an elevated height (so that the SMD is elevated above the PCB), an offset along the surface of the PCB relative to a designated position for the SMD on the PCB, or a tilt in one or more directions relative to a surface of the PCB.
Claims18
A spacer, comprising:
- an electrically non-conducting body having a first surface on a first side and a second surface on a second side opposing the first side, the second surface forming a first slanted angle with respect to the first surface;
- and
- electrical conductors, each electrical conductor having a first member on the first side of the electrically non-conducting body, a second member on the second side of the electrically non-conducting body, and a connecting member joining the first member on the first side and the second member on the second side, wherein:
- the electrically non-conducting body includes one or more sidewalls perpendicular to a surface of the electrically non-conducting body on the first side;
- a sidewall of the one or more sidewalls has an indent that extends from the first side to the second side;
- the indent forming a second angle, distinct from the first angle, with respect to the first surface such that the indent is non-perpendicular to the first surface;
- and
- at least one of the electrical conductors has its connecting member disposed in a respective indent.
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An electrical assembly, comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- one or more spacers surface mounted on the printed circuit board, each of the one or more spacers including:
- an electrically non-conducting body having a first side, an opposing second side, and
- electrical conductors, each electrical conductor having a first member on the first side, a second member on the second side, and a connecting member disposed in the electrically non-conducting body between the first side and the second side, the connecting member joining the first member on the first side and the second member on the second side, the first member being positioned to allow the spacer to be surface mounted on the printed circuit board, the second member being positioned to allow an electrical component to be surface mounted on the second side and electrically coupled to the printed circuit board via the electrical conductor;
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- one or more electrical components each surface mounted on the second side of a respective spacer of the one or more spacers and electrically coupled to the printed circuit board through the respective spacer, wherein:
- the one or more electrical components include a first light-emitting electrical component and a second light-emitting electrical component;
- the first light-emitting electrical component is tilted with respect to the printed circuit board by a first angle;
- and
- the second light-emitting electrical components is tilted with respect to the printed circuit board by a second angle that is distinct from the first angle.
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An electrical assembly, comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- a plurality of spacers surface mounted on the printed circuit board, the plurality of spacers including a first spacer and a second spacer, each of the first spacer and the second spacer including:
- an electrically non-conducting body having a first surface on a first side and a second surface on a second side opposing the first side, and
- electrical conductors, each electrical conductor having a first member on the first side, a second member on the second side, and a connecting member disposed in the electrically non-conducting body between the first side and the second side, the connecting member joining the first member on the first side and the second member on the second side, the first member being positioned to allow the spacer to be surface mounted on the printed cirucit board, the second member bein positioned to allow an electrical component to be surface mounted on the second side and electrically coupled to the printed circuit board via the electrical conductor, wherein:
- the first surface of the first spacer forms a first angle with respect to the second surface of the first spacer;
- and
- the first surface of the second spacer forms a second angle, distinct from the first angle, with respect to the second surface of the second spacer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.