Electrical connector spacer
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorSteven Minich
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Abstract
An electronic component assembly includes a first electronic component, a second electronic component, and a grommet. The first electronic component includes a first electrical connector and at least one guide post. The second electronic component includes a printed circuit board, a second electrical connector having signal contacts connected to the printed circuit board with a ball grid array connection, and at least one guide post receptacle. The grommet is on the guide post. The guide post is adapted to be inserted into the guide post receptacle with the grommet providing a resilient spacer for buffering forces on the ball grid array connection when the first electrical connector is connected to the second electrical connector.
Claims11
An electrical connector guide post assembly associated with a first electrical connector for guiding the first connector into mating engagement with a second electrical connector, the guide post assembly comprising a post section which is insertable into the receptacle hole of a guide post receptacle in a first direction and a resiliently deformable grommet mounted to the post section for providing a resilient force between the two connectors along the first direction when mating the connectors together, wherein the grommet is adapted to be compressed along the first direction to provide the resilient force in the first direction.
An electronic component assembly comprising:
- a first electronic component comprising a printed circuit board, a first electrical connector having signal contacts connected to the printed circuit board with a ball grid array connection and at least one guide post;
- a second electronic component comprising a second electrical connector and at least one guide post receptacle;
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- a non-metallic resiliently deformable grommet positioned on the guide post, wherein the guide post is adapted to be inserted into the guide post receptacle with the grommet being compressed to form a resilient spacer between portions of the first and second electrical connectors for buffering forces on the ball grid array connection when the first electrical connector is connected to the second electrical connector.
An electronic connector assembly comprising:
- a first electrical connector having signal contacts and at least one guide post;
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- at least one non-metallic resiliently deformable grommet positioned on the at least one guide post, wherein the grommet has a general O-ring shape, wherein the guide post is adapted to be inserted into a guide post receptacle of a mating electrical connector with the grommet being compressed to form a resilient spacer between portions of the electrical connectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.