Cable assembly including printed circuit board
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsKok Hoe Lee, Saujit Bandhu, YunLong Qiao
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Abstract
A cable assembly is disclosed and includes a plurality of cables, a plurality of terminals, a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of cable contact pads defined on the PCB, and a plurality of terminal contact pads defined on the PCB. A first terminal contact pad and a first cable contact pad are in electrical communication with one another and a second terminal contact pad and a second cable contact pad are in electrical communication. The first cable contact pad and the first terminal contact pad are disposed at different locations on the PCB, as measured along a Y axis, and the second cable contact pad and the second terminal contact pad are disposed at different locations on the PCB, as measured along the Y axis.
Claims13
A cable assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of cables;
- a cable contact end defined at one end of each of the cables;
- a plurality of terminals;
- a terminal PCB contact end defined at one end of each of the terminals;
- a terminal base circuit board contact end defined at an opposite end of each of the terminals;
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a plurality of cable contact pads defined on the PCB;
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- a plurality of terminal contact pads defined on the PCB, wherein a first terminal contact pad of the plurality of terminal contact pads and a first cable contact pad of the plurality of cable contact pads are in electrical communication with one another and a second terminal contact pad of the plurality of terminal contact pads and a second cable contact pad of the plurality of cable contact pads are in electrical communication with one another,
- wherein a first cable contact end of the plurality of cable contact ends is in electrical communication with the first cable contact pad and a second cable contact end of the plurality of cable contact ends is in electrical communication with the second cable contact pad,
- wherein a first terminal PCB contact end of the plurality of terminal PCB contact ends is in electrical communication with the first terminal contact pad and a second terminal PCB contact end of the plurality of terminal PCB contact ends is in electrical communication with the second terminal contact pad, and
- wherein the first cable contact pad and the first terminal contact pad are disposed at different locations on the PCB, as measured along a Y axis, and the second cable contact pad and the second terminal contact pad are disposed at different locations on the PCB, as measured along the Y axis;
- and wherein each terminal base circuit board contact end is configured to make solderless electrical contact with a respective base circuit board contact of a base circuit board when the cable assembly is mounted to the base circuit board, the base circuit board being disposed below, as measured along a Z axis, the cable assembly.
A cable assembly, comprising:
- a cable;
- a cable contact end defined at one end of the cable;
- a terminal;
- a terminal PCB contact end defined at one end of the terminal;
- a terminal base circuit board contact end defined at an opposite end of the terminal;
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a cable contact pad defined on the PCB;
- and
- a terminal contact pad defined on the PCB, the terminal contact pad and the cable contact pad being in electrical communication with one another, the cable contact end is in electrical communication with the cable contact pad and the terminal PCB contact end is in electrical communication with the terminal contact pad;
- wherein the terminal base circuit board contact end is configured to make solderless electrical contact with a base circuit board contact of a base circuit board when the cable assembly is mounted to the base circuit board;
- wherein the terminal contact pad and the cable contact pad are disposed at different locations on the PCB, as measured along a Y axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.