Compliant pin and electrical component that utilizes the compliant pin
AssigneeTyco Electronics AMP GmbH
InventorYukio Noguchi
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Abstract
An electrical component comprises a housing having a plurality of compliant pins. A circuit board is provided with though-holes. Each of the through-holes has an inner surface with a plating layer. Each of the compliant pins has an elastic press-fit portion with an outer surface provided with a step. The step has an engaging surface that engages the plating layer of the though-hole to secure the compliant pin therein. The engaging surface has a width in a direction substantially perpendicular to the inner surface of the through-hole smaller than a thickness of the plating layer.
Claims20
A compliant pin, comprising:
- a contact portion and a tine portion, the tine portion having an elastic press-fit portion with displaceable contact arms extending in opposite directions from each other, the contact arms being offset with respect to each other in separate planes, each of the contact arms having an arcuate outer surface provided with a step, the step having an engaging surface extending substantially perpendicular to the press-fit portion.
An electrical component, comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of compliant pins;
- a circuit board having though-holes, an inner surface of the through-holes having a plating layer;
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- each of the compliant pins having an elastic press-fit portion with an outer surface provided with a step, the step having an engaging surface facing away from a direction of insertion of the compliant pin into the through-hole that engages the plating layer of the though-hole to prevent extraction of the compliant pin from the through-hole, the engaging surface having a width in a direction substantially perpendicular to the inner surface of the through-hole that is smaller than a thickness of the plating layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.