# US 4,394,795 A · Connector insertion tool

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- Number: US 4,394,795 A
- Document ID: US4394795A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/263,377
- Filed: 1981-05-13
- Granted: 1983-07-26
- Earliest claimed: 1981-05-13
- Assignees: AMP Incorporated
- Inventors: Ralph R. Goss
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4394795A

## CPC

- H01R 43/205: {with a panel or printed circuit board}
- H01R 12/585: {Terminals having a press fit or a compliant portion and a shank passing through a hole in the printed circuit board}
- H01R 12/7064: {Press fitting}
- H01R 12/716: {Coupling device provided on the PCB}
- Y10S 439/943: including provision for pressing contact into pcb hole
- Y10T 29/53174: Means to fasten electrical component to wiring board, base, or substrate
- Y10T 29/53209: Terminal or connector
- Y10T 29/53257: Means comprising hand-manipulatable implement
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The disclosed invention is a tool which may be used to mount a connector onto a printed circuit board. The tool is composed of one or more units with each unit consisting of a housing, two rows of push pins, and a retaining bar. The tool is placed into the connector with the push pins bearing on shoulders on the contacts within the connector. The force exerted on the tool drives the depending contact pins into the plated through holes in the circuit board.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tool for mounting a connector having depending contact pins into a printed circuit board, said tool comprising:
a. a housing having a slot extending longitudinally therethrough and two spaced apart rows of a plurality of spaced apart apertures extending vertically from above the slot to the underside of the housing with the apertures intersecting the slot;
b. a plurality of channel-shaped push pins having an arcuate-shaped notch adjacent an upper end and positioned in the apertures with the lower ends extending below the housing for insertion into a connector to engage contacts therein; and
c. a bar having rounded edges positioned in the slot and passing through the arcuate-shaped notches in the push pins to retain the pins in the apertures and further to permit the pins to pivot laterally.