Cap for an electrical connector
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorDonald Harper
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Abstract
An electrical assembly that may include a weighted cap. The weighted cap may provide counterbalancing to a non-proportional ball-grid array connector integrated circuit package for connection with a substrate. The weighted cap provides compensation for variations in the imbalance of the electronic connector package against the substrate.
Claims23
1-9. (canceled)
A cap for an electrical connector, comprising:
- a body, said body comprising:
- a substantially planar first surface suitable for vacuum pickup;
- a second surface formed to engage the electrical connector and defining a recess that receives the electrical connector;
- first and second portions positioned on opposite sides of the recess;
- and a center of gravity and a geometric center, wherein the first portion weighs more than the second portion so that the center of gravity is offset from the geometric center and the cap balances the electrical connector on a substrate when the cap is placed on the electrical connector.
The cap of claim 29, wherein said body comprises a first portion and a second portion, the second portion is separable from the first portion, and the position of the second portion relative to the first portion can be adjusted so that the cap balances the electrical connector on a substrate when the cap is placed thereon on the electrical connector.
17-20. (canceled)
A cap for balancing an electrical connector, the cap comprising a body capable of being mounted on the electrical connector, wherein the body has a substantially flat surface suitable for vacuum pickup, the body has a length greater than a length of the electrical connector, and the body is non-symmetrically disposed about a geometric center of the body in a lengthwise direction of the body so that one side of the body overhangs one side of the connector by a first distance and another side of the body overhangs another side of the electrical connector by a second distance greater than the first distance when the body is mounted on the electrical connector whereby the body exerts a moment on the electrical connector.
A cap for balancing an electrical connector, the cap comprising a body capable of being mounted on the electrical connector, wherein the body has a substantially flat surface suitable for vacuum pickup, the body has a recess formed therein that receives substantially an entire length of the electrical connector, and a center of gravity of the cap is offset from a geometric center of the cap so that a combined center of gravity of the cap and the connector is located at a different position along a length of the electrical connector than a center of gravity of the electrical connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.