Assembly for mounting a bridge rectifier to a printed wiring board

An assembly for coupling an electronic component to conductive paths on a printed wiring board comprising:

• a first member supporting a first set of discrete contacts, first ends of said first set of contacts being adapted to be coupled to conductive paths on the printed wiring board,
• a second member supporting a second set of discrete contacts, first ends of said second set of contacts being adapted to be removably coupled to second ends of the first set of discrete contacts, and
• second ends of said second set of discrete contacts being adapted to be electrically coupled to an electronic component,
• said first set of contacts being electrically, but not physically, in contact with leads of said electronic component,
• wherein the first member supports an opening sized to accept the electronic component,
• wherein the opening extends through the first member,
• wherein the first member forms a wall which defines the opening;
• wherein the first member and the opening in the first member has a thickness that is less than the thickness of the electronic component,
• the first ends of the first set of discrete contacts extend outward from the first member,
• the second ends of the first set of discrete contacts are female ends,
• the first ends of the second set of discrete contacts are male ends oriented and spaced to engage the second ends of the first set of discrete contacts, and
• the second ends of the second set of discrete contacts are female ends oriented and spaced to engage male ends to a third set of contacts of a bridge rectifier, wherein the bridge rectifier is adapted to be located within the opening in the first member when the bridge rectifier is coupled to the second ends of the second set of discrete contacts of the second member and the second member is coupled to the first member.

An assembly for coupling an electronic component to conductive paths on a printed wiring board comprising:

• a first member supporting a first set of discrete contacts, first ends of said first set of contacts being adapted to be coupled to conductive paths on the printed wiring board,
• a second member supporting a second set of discrete contacts, first ends of said second set of contacts being adapted to be removably coupled to second ends of the first set of discrete contacts, and
• second ends and third ends, respectively, of said second set of discrete contacts being adapted to be electrically coupled to an electronic component,
• wherein the second member comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
• and
• where first ends and third ends of the second set of discrete contacts are coupled to the first surface and second ends of the second set of discrete contacts are coupled to the second surface.