US 12,184,001 B2 · Ultra slim module form factor and connector architecture for inline connection

Abstract

A board-to-board connector includes electrical leads to bridge from one board to another board, to interconnect pads on one surface of the boards. The boards can interconnect while aligned in substantially the same plane with an inline connector. The connector includes a lead frame having the electrical leads and the connector includes an alignment frame to hold the lead frame. The connector includes a conductive case to secure over the alignment frame. The connector includes screw holes to allow screws to secure the connector in place against the boards and ensure electrical connection between the pads on the two boards through the electrical leads of the connector. The alignment frame includes posts to mate with alignment holes in the boards.

Claims31

Dependent claims

A board-to-board connector, comprising:

a lead frame including electrical leads to bridge from first pads on a surface of a first printed circuit board (PCB) to second pads on a surface of a second PCB when the surface of the first PCB and the surface of the second PCB are substantially co-planar;
an alignment frame to hold the lead frame, including posts to mate with first alignment holes of the first PCB and with second alignment holes of the second PCB;
and
an electrically conductive cover to secure over the alignment frame, the cover including openings to receive screws to secure the cover to first screw holes in the first PCB and second screw holes in the second PCB, the cover to electrically couple via the screws to a first ground plane of the first PCB and to a second ground plane of the second PCB.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/134,098Filed 24 Dec 2020

Published

US 2021/0119361 A122 Apr 2021

Granted

31 Dec 2024

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

H01R 12/714
Co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit: with…
H05K 1/142
Structural association of two or more printed circuits: arrangements of planar printed circuit boards in the same plane, e.g. auxiliary printed…
G06F 1/184
Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for supporting printed circuit boards: mounting of motherboards
G06F 1/185
Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for supporting printed circuit boards: mounting of expansion boards

Ultra slim module form factor and connector architecture for inline connection

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Ultra slim module form factor and connector architecture for inline connection

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Abstract

Claims31