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US 6,655,969 B2Granted
Contact elements
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKok Wah Low, Hwan Ming Wang, Lin Ping Goh
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Abstract
A circuit board assembly having a circuit board including a via, and a contact element positioned adjacent to the via for providing electrical attachment of the pin to the via of the circuit board.
Claims22
An assembly, comprising:
- a circuit board;
- and
- a contact element attached to the circuit board, the contact element having a disk, a plurality of cuts formed in the disk to define a plurality of fingers connected to the disk, and at least one groove formed in the disk as a channel which does not pass completely through the disk, wherein the at least one groove is formed in the disk at a point where one of the plurality of fingers is connected to the disk.
An assembly, comprising:
- a contact sheet;
- and
- a contact element attached to the contact sheet, the contact element having a disk, a plurality of cuts formed in the disk to define a plurality of fingers connected to the disk, and at least one groove formed in the disk as a channel which does not pass completely through the disk, wherein the at least one groove is formed in the disk at a point where one of the plurality of fingers is connected to the disk.
A method, comprising:
- inserting a pin between a plurality of fingers attached to a contact element attached to a circuit board, the contact element having a disk, a plurality of cuts formed in the disk to define a plurality of fingers connected to the disk, and at least one groove formed in the disk as a channel which does not pass completely through the disk, wherein the at least one groove is formed in the disk at a point where one of the plurality of fingers is connected to the disk;
- and
- deforming the plurality of fingers from a first inside diameter less than an outside diameter of the pin to assume a second inside diameter substantially equal to the outside diameter of the pin.
A method, comprising:
- inserting a pin between a plurality of fingers attached to a contact element attached to a contact sheet, the contact element having a disk, a plurality of cuts formed in the disk to define a plurality of fingers connected to the disk, and at least one groove formed in the disk as a channel which does not pass completely through the disk, wherein the at least one groove is formed in the disk at a point where one of the plurality of fingers is connected to the disk;
- and
- deforming the plurality of fingers from a first inside diameter less than an outside diameter of the pin to assume a second inside diameter substantially equal to the outside diameter of the pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.