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US 7,001,190 B2Granted
Repairable ball grid array contact
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsFrancis P. Morana, David S. Szczesny
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Abstract
An electrical contact for a ball grid array connector includes a platform for holding a solder ball and a body having a first end frictionally coupled to the platform and an opposite second end that includes a separable interface configured to mate with a mating contact. The body is separable from the platform when the platform is mounted to a circuit board.
Claims20
An electrical contact comprising:
- a platform having a mounting surface configured to hold a solder ball, said mounting surface being joined to a pair of opposed clamping beams extending from opposite sides of said mounting surface;
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- a body having a first end frictionally coupled to said platform and an opposite second end comprising a separable interface configured to mate with a mating contact, said body being separable from said platform when said platform is mounted to a circuit board.
An electrical contact for a ball grid array connector, said contact comprising:
- a platform having a mounting surface configured to hold a solder ball, said mounting surface being joined to a pair of opposed clamping beams extending from opposite sides of said mounting surface;
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- a body having a first end comprising a plate having substantially parallel opposed side surfaces, said side surfaces being frictionally engaged between said beams, and an opposite second end comprising a separable interface configured to mate with a mating contact, said body first end being separable from said platform when said platform is mounted to a circuit board.
A ball grid array connector comprising:
- a housing having a mating end for receiving a mating connector, an opposite mounting end, and a plurality of contact cavities extending between said mating and mounting ends;
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- a plurality of contacts, each said contact received in a respective one of said plurality of contact cavities, each said contact including a first portion and a second portion, said second portion configured to be mounted to a circuit board and said first portion being separable from said second portion when said second portion is mounted to the circuit board, each said contact including a platform having rounded shoulders and a pair of opposed clamping beams, each said clamping beam extending from one of said rounded shoulders on said platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.