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US 2025/0112385 A1Published application
Self-aligning smt contacts
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJames M. Jeon, Ayoub Yari Boroujeni, James E. Harper, Mahmoud R. Amini, Davood Mousanezhad Viyand
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Abstract
Structures, methods, and apparatus for soldering contacts of multiple connector receptacles to pads on a board while also providing high-speed data paths between the multiple connector receptacles and the pads on the board.
Claims20
A connector receptacle comprising:
- a housing forming a passage;
- a plurality of contacts supported by the housing, each of the plurality of contacts having a first region coated with a non-solderable coating;
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- a plurality of solder tails, each solder tail having an end to be soldered to a board, each solder tail attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of contacts and having a second region coated with a non-solderable coating, wherein the second region is between the first region and the end of the solder tail, each solder tail having a solder region at least partially between the first region and the second region, the solder region to attach the solder tail to the corresponding one of the plurality of contacts.
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A connector receptacle comprising:
- a housing forming a passage;
- a plurality of contacts supported by the housing, each of the plurality of contacts having a first region coated with a non-solderable coating;
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- a plurality of solder tips, each solder tip attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of contacts, each solder tip comprising a volume of solder, wherein the first region extends from at least a surface of the solder tip a distance away from the solder tip.
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A connector receptacle structure comprising:
- a frame having a plurality of slots;
- and
- a plurality of connector receptacles each located in a corresponding one of the plurality of slots, wherein each connector receptacle can move in its corresponding slot through a first range in a first direction, a second range in a second direction, and a third range in a third direction, wherein the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction are orthogonal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.