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AssigneeAssociated Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsJohn E. Hartman, John T. Venaleck
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An electrical component for mechanical mouting and electrical connection with respect to plated through holes of a printed circuit board compatibly with a surface mount attaching process includes an electrically non-conducting body, plural generally elongate contacts extending from the body for insertion into such plated through holes, and the component having a reservoir for retaining solder type material for melting, for flow into respective plated through holes, and for re-solidifying to mechanically and electrically couple the component to such printed circuit board. Preferably the component is a connector, such as a header, and the contact pins or leads thereof provide an interface connection between the printed circuit board and a separate or portable connector. A method for attaching such an electrical component to a printed circuit board compatibly with surface mount attaching processes, a method for placing solder in the reservoirs of such electrical component, and apparatus to carry out such methods also are part of the invention.
A method of manufacturing an electrical component including an electrically non-conducting body, plural generally elongate contacts extending from the body for insertion into plated through holes in a printed circuit board, and the component having reservoirs for retaining solder type material for melting, for flow into respective plated through holes, and for re-solidifying to mechanically and electrically couple the component to such printed circuit board, said method comprising the step of pushing formed slugs of solder type material along respective contacts and into respective reservoirs.
A punch and die apparatus for placing solder type material into respective reservoirs of the electrically non-conducting body of an electrical component including plural generally elongated contacts extending from the body for insertion into plated through holes in a printed circuit board, such reservoirs retaining the solder type material for melting, for flow into respective plated through holes, and for re-solidifying to mechanically and electrically couple the component to such printed circuit board, said apparatus comprising punch means for shearing a solder slug from a generally flat ribbon of solder and then inserting the solder slug into a respective reservoir of the component body.
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