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US 2006/0223349 A1Published application
Connector having retentive rib
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorTimothy Houtz
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Abstract
A connector includes conductive pins inserted into apertures in a housing. The pins may include a single groove or a pair of opposing grooves in which ribs of the housing are disposed. The ribs may conform to the shape of the grooves to retain the pins in the housing apertures. The apertures may includes an extended side opening that opens onto an upper surface of the housing to enable a contact beam and shielding bar to be inserted from the top. Solder balls may be disposed on an underside of the connector.
Claims35
A connector comprising:
- a housing having plural apertures in which plural pins are disposed, the apertures defining aperture axes that are parallel to the direction of insertion of the pins;
- at least one of the pins including a longitudinal groove formed therein that is parallel to its aperture axis;
- at least one of the apertures including a gap at least partly defined by a rib, the rib in an as-molded state having a cross-sectional profile different from a cross-sectional profile of the corresponding longitudinal groove, wherein upon insertion of the pin into its corresponding aperture the profile of the rib conforms to match at least a portion of the groove profile.
A ball grid array connector comprising:
- an array of pins disposed in the array of apertures, the apertures defining aperture axes that are parallel to the direction of insertion of the pins, each one of the pins including opposing longitudinal grooves formed therein that are parallel to the aperture axis;
- a housing having an upper side, an underside, and the array of apertures, at least a portion of the apertures including an elongate portion that opens onto the upper side of the housing, each one of the apertures including a gap at least partly defined by a pair of opposing ribs, the ribs being conformable in response to insertion of the pin into its corresponding aperture to secure the pin;
- an array of solder balls disposed on the housing underside proximate ends of said pins;
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- a plurality of contact beams disposed at least partly in the elongate portions of the apertures such that said contact beams are insertable into the aperture from the upper side of the housing.
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