Surface mount antenna contacts
AssigneeXirrus, Inc.
InventorAbraham Hartenstein
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Abstract
A method and system for connecting a vertical printed circuit board with a horizontal printed circuit board where a contact device is biased in a first position when not contacting a vertical printed circuit board and is biased in a second position when the vertical printed circuit is coupled to the horizontal printed circuit board.
Claims16
A contact device formed out of a single material for surface placement on a horizontal printed circuit board, comprising:
- an anchor portion;
- and
- a raised portion where the raised portion is biased in a first position when not in electrical contact with a vertical printed circuit board, and is biased in a second position when in electrical contact with the vertical printed circuit board, where the contact device exerts a biasing force in the second position upon downward pressure being placed by the vertical printed circuit board upon the raised portion of the contact device and where the raised portion is formed by a first bend spaced apart from a second bend in a direction opposite that of the first bend.
A printed circuit board, comprising:
- a contact area;
- a contact device formed out of a single material coupled to the contact area on the printed circuit board where the contact device includes:
- an anchor portion;
- and
- a raised portion where the raised portion is biased in a first position at rest and exerts a biasing force in a second position when in electrical contact with another printed circuit board and where the raised portion is formed by a first bend spaced apart from a second bend in a direction opposite that of the first bend.
An electrical system with at least two printed circuit boards, comprising:
- a first printed circuit board with a contact;
- a contact device formed out of a single material coupled to the contact on the first printed circuit board where the contact device includes:
- an anchor portion;
- and
- a raised portion where the raised portion is biased in a first position at rest and exerts a biasing force in a second position when in electrical contact with a second printed circuit board and where the raised portion is formed by a first bend spaced apart from a second bend in a direction opposite that of the first bend;
- and
- at least one guide coupled to the first printed circuit board that is able to secure the second printed circuit board that engages the contact device and maintains the contact device in the second position.
A method of connecting a first printed circuit board with a second printed circuit board, comprising:
- forming a contact on the first printed circuit board;
- securing a contact device that is made out of a single material on the second printed circuit board, where the contact device includes an anchor portion that is secured to the second printed circuit board and a raised portion formed by a first bend spaced apart from a second bend in a direction opposite that of the first bend;
- biasing the contact device in a first position at rest;
- and
- exerting a biasing force in a second position upon downward pressure being placed by the first printed circuit board upon the raised portion of the contact device when in electrical contact with the contact on the first printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.