Interconnecting device and method used to electrically mount a daughter board to a motherboard
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsDe-Jin Chen, Yu-San Hsiao, Meng-Xia Shang
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Abstract
A device for connecting printed circuit boards. The device comprises an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface, and flat pickup portions respectively disposed on opposite faces of the first mounting face and the second mounting face; each terminal includes a first leg on the first mounting surface, and a second leg on the second mounting surface.
Claims20
A device for connecting printed circuit boards comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface, and flat pickup portions respectively disposed on opposite faces of the first mounting face and the second mounting face;
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- a plurality of contact terminals arranged in the insulative housing and each including a first leg on the first mounting surface, and a second leg on the second mounting surface.
A method for connecting a first and a second printed circuit boards, comprising the steps of:
- providing a device having a first mounting face, a second mounting faces and comprising a plurality of conductive terminals received therein, each terminal having a first leg in the first mounting face and a second leg in the second mounting face;
- assembling the device onto the first printed circuit with the first mounting face facing the printed circuit board;
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- assembling the device onto the second printed circuit with the second mounting face facing the printed circuit board.
An interconnecting system comprising:
- a first printed circuit board having a first surface, and a plurality of conductive first pads on the first surface along an edge thereof;
- a second printed circuit board having a second surface, and a plurality of conductive second pads on the second surface thereof;
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- a first conductive terminal block having a plurality of first conductive terminals arranged therein, each the terminal having a first contact engaging portion electrically in contact with the first pad on the first surface and a second contact engaging portion electrically in contact with the second pad on the second surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.