Ball Grid Array Connector
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorsSteven Minich, Donald Harper
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Abstract
An electrical connector having an electrical contact with a terminal portion and a contact receiving wafer is disclosed. The connector may also include a contact receiving wafer having a face that at least partially defines an aperture that extends therethrough. A terminal portion of the contact may extend at least partially into the aperture. The faces that define the aperture allow the terminal portion of the contact to move in each of a plurality of directions, while also containing the terminal portion of the contact in each direction. The terminal portion of the contact may have connected a solder ball. The solder ball may define a diameter that is larger than the width of the aperture restricting movement of the wafer along a length of the contact.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrical contact having a terminal portion;
- a leadframe housing through which the contact at least partially extends;
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- a contact receiving wafer having a face that at least partially defines an aperture that extends through the wafer, wherein the wafer abuts the leadframe housing and is adapted to remain part of the connector when the electrical contact is electrically connected to an electrical device, and wherein the terminal portion of the contact extends at least partially into the aperture, the aperture allows the terminal portion of the contact to move in a first direction without abutting the face, and the face contains the terminal portion of the contact in the first direction.
A contact receiving wafer for an electrical connector, the electrical connector comprising a leadframe housing through which an electrical contact at least partially extends, the contact receiving wafer comprising:
- a substrate having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, wherein each said aperture is at least partially defined by a respective face and is adapted to receive in a first direction a respective terminal portion of the respective electrical contact, and wherein each said aperture allows the respective terminal portion of the respective electrical contact to move in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction without abutting the face that defines the aperture after the electrical connector is attached to a second electrical connector, and wherein each face contains the terminal portion of the respective electrical contact received therein in the second direction, wherein the substrate is configured to abut the leadframe housing.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrical contact having a terminal portion;
- a leadframe housing through which the contact at least partially extends;
- a contact receiving wafer having a face that at least partially defines an aperture that extends through the wafer, wherein the contact receiving wafer abuts the leadframe;
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- a solder ball connected to the terminal portion of the contact,
- wherein the terminal portion of the contact extends at least partially into the aperture, the aperture allows the terminal portion of the contact to move in a first direction without abutting the face, and the face contains the terminal portion of the contact in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.