Recyclable locater device for board mounted connectors
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsClyde W. Boling, Dennis M. Brunner, Jeffrey J. Bellas
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Abstract
A connector locator device for mounting a connector in a connector cut-out formed in a circuit card. An elongated connector includes solder tails extending from an edge thereof. The connector has opposite connector ends. An elongated connector support member has opposite terminal ends. Each terminal end includes a clamp engaging a respective connector end and also includes a support surface for engaging a card surface and locating the solder tails on solder pads positioned on the card surface.
Claims16
A removable connector locator device comprising:
- an elongated connector support member having opposite terminal ends;
- each end including a resilient clamp for engaging a connector;
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- each end including a support surface for engaging a circuit card surface and temporarily locating solder tails of the connector on solder pads positioned on the circuit card surface.
A connector locator device comprising:
- an elongated connector support member having opposite terminal ends;
- each end including a resilient clamp for engaging a connector;
- and each end including a support surface for engaging a circuit card surface and temporarily locating solder tails of the connector on solder pads positioned on the circuit card surface, wherein the support member has an elongated edge extending between the terminal ends for maintaining coplanar alignment of the solder tails of the connector.
A removable connector locator system comprising:
- an elongated connector including solder tails extending from an edge thereof and having opposite connector ends;
- and
- an elongated connector support member having opposite terminal ends, each terminal end including a clamp engaging a respective connector end and also including a support surface for engaging a circuit card surface and temporarily locating the solder tails on solder pads positioned on the circuit card surface.
A connector locator system comprising:
- an elongated connector including solder tails extending from an edge thereof and having opposite connector ends;
- and
- an elongated connector support member having opposite terminal ends, each terminal end including a clamp engaging a respective connector end and also including a support surface for engaging a circuit card surface and temporarily locating the solder tails on solder pads positioned on the circuit card surface, wherein the support member has an elongated edge extending between the terminal ends for maintaining coplanar alignment of the solder tails of the connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.