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US 4,044,460 AGranted
Method of mounting prefabricated contacts for printed circuit card connectors
OwnerHerbert I. Schachterinventor
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Prefabricated fingers suitable for mounting on a printed circuit board for use in conjunction with card edge connectors are provided on a lengthwise strip which may be cut to the desired size to correspond with the number of fingers which are to be mounted on the board. The strip, which may be formed in a roll, includes a pair of parallel carriers. The fingers extend between and are integrally formed with the carriers and are spaced along the lengths thereof and in substantially coplanar relationship therewith. After severing one of the carriers, the resulting free ends of the fingers may be aligned in overlapping relation with the circuit conductor ends to which the fingers are to be joined. After the finger free ends are joined to the printed circuit conductors and after the fingers are joined to the printed circuit board, the remaining carrier which projects beyond the edge of the circuit board is severed from the other ends of the fingers to permit or allow same for mating with a cooperating edge connector which is to be electrially connected to the printed circuit on the board.
Method of mounting a prefabricated strip of conductive elements in the form of contacts on a printed circuit board to form an array of serially spaced contacts or terminals at the free ends of a plurality of circuit leads or conductors on the circuit board, the method comprising the steps of feeding a prefabricated strip comprising at least one elongate carrier and a plurality of spaced contacts made out of electrically conductive material, each of said contacts being connected at one end to said carrier and having a free end at the other end thereof;
A method as defined in claim, wherein said prefabricated strip is provided with two elongate carriers, which are parallel to each other, said contacts bridging and being connected at the opposite ends thereof to said carriers, whereby said carriers maintain said contacts in parallel relation to each other and maintains the spacing between said contacts, and comprising the step of further severing one of said carriers from said contacts prior to aligning the resulting free ends of said contacts with the free ends of the plurality of circuit leads or conductors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.