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;
- and
- 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 conductive malleable petals;
- wherein the cylindrical portion has an inner circumference;
- wherein at least a piece of the set of conductive malleable petals is arranged to expand horizontally in response to insertion of the phalanx head in a vertical manner increasing surface area of the connector in contact with the phalanx head;
- 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.
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 conductive malleable petals;
- wherein the screwing causes a phalanx head to contact the cylindrical portion expanding at least one piece of the set of conductive malleable petals in a horizontal manner in relation to the fastener increasing surface area of the connector in contact with the phalanx head.
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 conductive malleable petals;
- wherein the cylindrical portion has an inner circumference;
- wherein at least a piece of the set of conductive malleable petals is arranged to expand horizontally in response to insertion of a phalanx head in a vertical manner increasing surface area of the connector in contact with the phalanx head;
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.