Apparatus and method for mounting a circuit board in a connector socket
AssigneeGermane Systems, LLC
InventorsMichael Stock, Scott Semmler
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Abstract
A fixture for helping to secure a circuit board to a receiving connector socket is attached to the connector socket. The fixture is then attached to the circuit board with a flowable adhesive. The flowable adhesive could be a hot-melt adhesive. Adhesive layers on the fixture can be used to attach the fixture to side and top surfaces of the connector socket.
Claims17
An apparatus for securing a circuit board to a connector socket, comprising:
- a main body configured to be attached to a side surface of the connector socket;
- and
- an adhesive well that extends from the main body, the adhesive well being configured such that when the main body is attached to the side surface of the connector socket, and a circuit board is mounted in the connector socket, the adhesive well will overlay or surround only a portion of the circuit board that is located adjacent a top surface of the connector socket, and wherein the adhesive well is configured such that when an adhesive is deposited into the adhesive well to substantially fill the adhesive well, to thereby attach the adhesive well to the circuit board, the adhesive adheres to the circuit board only at a portion of the circuit board that is located adjacent the top surface of the connector socket.
A method of securing a circuit board to a connector socket, where the circuit board includes a plurality of electrical contacts along a first side edge of the circuit board, comprising:
- inserting the first side edge of the circuit board into a receiving slot of the connector socket;
- attaching a fixture to the connector socket, wherein the fixture includes an adhesive well that extends from a main body of the fixture, the adhesive well being configured to overlay or surround only a portion of a side surface of the circuit board that is located adjacent a top surface of the connector socket;
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- depositing an adhesive in the adhesive well to substantially fill the adhesive well, and allowing the adhesive to cure such that the adhesive adheres to the adhesive well of the fixture and to only the portion of the side surface of the circuit board located adjacent the top surface of the connector socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.