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US 2019/0097331 A1Published application
Surface mount connector and method of forming a printed circuit board
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorsMichael James Smith, Peter James Handy, Alexander James Rainbow
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Abstract
A surface mount connector and method of forming a printed circuit board includes providing a printed circuit board having a first aperture extending there through, and receiving a surface mount connector at the printed circuit board, the surface mount connector having a connector body and a flange, the connector body received by and aligned with the first aperture.
Claims20
A surface mount connector for a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a connector body having opposing first and second ends;
- and
- a flange mounted to the first end of the connector body having a distal flange end extending perpendicular to the connector body and beyond the connector body;
- wherein the connector body is sized to be received in a through hole of a printed circuit board and the flange is electrically connectable to the printed circuit board.
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A printed circuit board, comprising:
- a substrate having a first aperture and a surface-layer trace;
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- a surface mount connector fixed to the substrate and conductively connected with the trace, the surface mount connector having a connector body having opposing first and second ends, the first end having a flange defining a distal flange end extending perpendicular to the connector body and beyond the connector body, and the second end received by the first aperture.
A method of forming a printed circuit board, comprising:
- providing a printed circuit board having a first aperture extending there through and an arrangement of a set of second apertures spaced about the first aperture;
- receiving a surface mount connector at the printed circuit board, the surface mount connector having a connector body received by and aligned with the first aperture and a set of pins extending downwardly toward the printed circuit board, the set of pins supported by a perpendicular flange at an end of the connector body and received by and aligned with the set of second apertures;
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- applying a force urging the surface mount connector toward the printed circuit board to press-fit the set of pins in a frictional relationship with the set of second apertures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.