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US 5,178,562 AGranted
Contact member for miniature electrical circuit connector
AssigneeEpson Portland, Inc.
InventorGeorge F. Ermini
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AssigneeEpson Portland, Inc.
InventorGeorge F. Ermini
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An electronic apparatus, such as, in the form of a computer having an electrical circuit motherboard upon which is mounted, inter alia, a microprocessor and memory for use in conjunction with the operation of said computer, the circuit board is mounted in an electrical chassis that has at least one side wall, such as, a backplane, adjacent to one edge of the mounted circuit board. At least one miniature electrical circuit connector is mounted along an edge of the circuit board and has a body with a front face including an electrical receptacle aligned with an aperture in formed in the backplane. A conductive shield is formed over a portion of the connector body including its front face with an aperture formed in the shield front face to permit exposure of receptacle through the backplane aperture. A resilient conductive contact member is connected to said connector and the connector conductive shield and extends or protrudes outward from the body front face of the connector for biased engagement against the backplane when the circuit board is so mounted within the electrical chassis. The resilient conductive contact member may take several different forms.
A miniature electrical circuit connector for mounting along an edge of an electrical circuit board which is mounted in an electrical chassis having at least one side wall, said connector having a body with a front face including an electrical receptacle, a conductive shield formed over a portion of said body including said front face with an aperture formed therein to permit exposure of said front face receptacle, resilient conductive contact means connected to said connector and having a resilient portion aligned in front of said body front face and supported so as to extend outwardly in front of said body front face, said resilient portion placed in biased engagement against said side wall, said resilient portion in aligned interposed relation between said connector body front face and said side wall to continuously maintain said aligned, biased engagement against said side wall when said circuit board is mounted into said electrical chassis.
A miniature electrical circuit connector for mounting along an edge of an electrical circuit board which is mounted in an electrical chassis having at least one side wall, said connector having a body with a front face including an electrical receptacle, a conductive shield formed over a portion of said body including said front face with an aperture formed therein to permit exposure of said front face receptacle, resilient conductive contact means connected to said connector with a portion thereof formed outwardly relative to said body front face, said resilient conductive contact means placed in biased engagement against said side wall when said circuit board is mounted into said electrical chassis, said conductive contact member comprises an upstanding wall surface connected to a bifurcated foot portion at substantially orthogonal relationship, said conductive shield having downwardly extending connection lugs for mounting said connector to said circuit board and permitting said conductive shield to be grounded to said board, means on said bifurcated foot portion to receive said shield connection lugs and secure said contact member between said connector and said circuit board when said connection lugs are mounted to said circuit board.
A conductive contact member for use in conjunction with a miniature electrical circuit connector, said connector having a substantially rectangular shaped body with a front face, a receptacle formed on said front face, a conductive shield formed around each of the side and top surfaces of said body with a first aperture formed in a front side surface of said shield to permit access to said receptacle therethrough, said conductive contact member connected to said miniature electrical circuit connector and having a surface extending outwardly in direct alignment with and in front of said front side surface, a second aperture formed in said contact member substantially aligned with said first aperture, resilient means formed on said contact member functioning as pressure engagement means when said miniature electrical circuit connector is mounted along an edge of a circuit board with said board edge positioned adjacent to a wall member of an electrical chassis wherein said resilient means is placed in biased engagement against said wall member and in aligned interposed relation between said connector front side surface and said wall member to continuously maintain said aligned, biased engagement against said wall member.
A conductive contact member for use in conjunction with a miniature electrical circuit connector, said connector having a substantially rectangular shaped body with a front face, a receptacle formed on said front face, a conductive shield formed around each of the side and top surfaces of said body with a first aperture formed in a front side surface of said shield to permit access to said receptacle therethrough, a conductive contact member connected to said miniature electrical circuit connector and having a surface extending in front of said front side surface, a second aperture formed in said contact member substantially aligned with said first aperture, resilient means formed on said contact member to pressure engage against a side wall when said miniature electrical circuit connector is mounted along an edge of a circuit board mounted at a substantially right angle relative to said side wall with said board edge positioned adjacent to said side wall, comprising an upstanding wall surface connected to a pair of spatially disposed, bifurcated feet extending from said wall surface at substantially right angle relationship, said conductive shield having a pair of downwardly extending connection lugs for mounting said connector to said circuit board and permitting said conductive shield to be grounded to said board, means on each of said bifurcated feet to receive said shield connection lugs and secure said contact member between said connector and said circuit board when said connection lugs are mounted to said circuit board.
A contact member for use in conjunction with a miniature electrical circuit connector comprising a substantially nonconductive, rectangular body with a front face including a receptacle for a mating plug member and a bottom with depending electrical connector lugs electrically coupled to terminals in said receptacle and extending downwardly from said body, a metal shield surrounding a portion of said body including the opposite side surfaces thereof, depending legs extending downward from side surfaces of said shield, said lugs and legs for surface mounting of said assembled connector on a board having a surface extending in a first plane with exposure of said front face through an aperture formed in a backplane extending in a second plane when said mounted connector and backplane are assembled in a chassis, the ground contact member comprising:
A contact member for use in conjunction with a miniature electrical circuit connector comprising a substantially nonconductive, rectangular body with a front face including a receptacle for a mating plug member and a bottom with depending electrical connector lugs electrically coupled to terminals in said receptacle and extending downwardly from said body, a metal shield surrounding a portion of said body including the opposite side surfaces thereof, depending legs extending downward from side surfaces of said shield, said lugs and legs for surface mounting of said assembled connector on a board having a surface extending in a first plane with exposure of said front face through an aperture formed in a backplane extending in a second plane when said mounted connector and backplane are assembled in a chassis, the ground contact member comprising:
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