Method of manufacturing board-to-board connector
AssigneeCompaq Computer Corporation
InventorsH. Scott Estes, James J. Ganthier
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Abstract
A printed circuit board modular assembly is disclosed. The disclosed invention comprises a first printed circuit board having an electronic terminal portion for providing electrical connection to the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board having an electrical terminal portion for providing electrical connection to the second printed circuit board; a spacing member disposed between the first and second printed circuit boards; and electrical signal transmission contacts situated on the spacing member for providing electrical connection between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board.
Claims14
A method of manufacturing a connector for electrically connecting a plurality of printed circuit boards, the connector including an electrically conductive contact embedded in an insulative material, comprising the steps of:
- placing at least the trough portion of a resilient, substantially U-shaped, substantially pre-fabricated contact into a mold;
- injecting substantially molten insulative material into the mold;
- and
- allowing the insulative material to solidify.
A method of manufacturing a connector, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a pre-fabricated, U-shaped metallic contact having a pair of sides connected by a trough and a carrier strip extending from each side of the U-shaped contact;
- b) compressing the sides of the U-shaped contact by depressing the carrier strips;
- c) positioning at least the trough of the U-shaped contact in a mold of the connector using the depressed carrier strips;
- d) injecting molten insulative material into the mold;
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- e) allowing the insulative material to harden.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.