Trackball socket for a handheld wireless communication device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsMichael Welker, Timothy Kyowski, Dennis Penner
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Abstract
A socket is configured to receive a trackball device in a receiving space formed therein. The socket has an exterior configured to fit within an installation recess in a printed circuit board. A biased electrical interconnector extends from an interior surface of the receiving space into the receiving space, the electrical interconnector oriented within the receiving space at a position that establishes biased electrical contact with a target electrical contact of the trackball device and biased electrical contact with a corresponding electrical contact on the printed circuit board when the socket is installed in an installation recess.
Claims21
An apparatus for connecting a trackball device to a printed circuit board comprising:
- a socket configured to receive a trackball device in a receiving space formed therein, said socket having an exterior configured to fit within an installation recess in a printed circuit board;
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- a biased electrical interconnector extending from an interior surface of the receiving space into said receiving space, said electrical interconnector oriented within said receiving space at a position that establishes biased electrical contact with a target electrical contact of said trackball device and biased electrical contact with a corresponding electrical contact on said printed circuit board when the socket is installed in said installation recess.
A wireless handheld device comprising:
- a printed circuit board having a top face and a bottom face, said printed circuit board defining a recess;
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- a socket configured to receive a trackball device in a receiving space formed therein, said socket having an exterior configured to fit within said recess;
- a biased electrical interconnector extending from an interior surface of the receiving space into said receiving space, said electrical interconnector oriented within said receiving space at a position that establishes biased electrical contact with a target electrical contact of said trackball device and electrical contact with a corresponding electrical contact on said printed circuit board when the socket is installed in said recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.