US5133669A
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Circuit board pins
Assignee: Nortel Networks Ltd
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Filing: 1990-07-23
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Granted: 1992-07-28
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Expires: 2010-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A printed circuit board pin having a dielectric body and two or more conductor lines extending along the body, the conductor lines insulated from one another. In one construction, the body is planar with a planar conductor line on each of two opposite sides of the pin. This pin may be made by stamping from a laminate sheet of the dielectric material sandwiched between layers of conductor material. Three or more conductors upon a pin may be formed by plating techniques or possibly by extrusion.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert L. Barnhouse
- 👤 H. Scott Estes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 18:46
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/51; H01R12/52; H01R12/526; H01R12/55; H01R12/58; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/40; H05K3/403; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09145; H05K2201/09181; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/095; H05K2201/09645; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10227; H05K2201/10295; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10742; H05K2201/10886; H05K2201/10893; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/05; H05K2203/0548; H05K2203/0557; H05K3/0011; H05K3/0044; H05K3/0047; H05K3/02; H05K3/04; H05K3/043; H05K3/06; H05K3/061; H05K3/10; H05K3/108; H05K3/30; H05K3/306; H05K3/308; H05K3/42; H05K3/425; H05K3/427; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S439/00; Y10S439/931; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49204
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A printed circuit board and circuit board pin assembly comprising a plurality of circuit board pins each of which comprises a dielectric body carrying a plurality of electrical conductor lines which are electrically isolated from one another and extend longitudinally of the pin, each pin mounted within a pin receiving hole of the printed circuit board with at least one end of the pin extending from the board, and the board having in each hole, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart and mutually electrically isolated conductor terminals which extend longitudinally of the hole, the conductor terminals in each hole being electrically connected one to each of the conductor lines on the pin and one to each of a plurality of mutually electrically isolated circuit lines carried by a substrate of the board.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A printed circuit board and circuit board pin assembly comprising a plurality of circuit board pins each of which comprises a dielectric body carrying a plurality of electrical conductor lines which are electrically isolated from one another and extend longitudinally of the pin, each pin mounted within a pin receiving hole of the printed circuit board with at least one end of the pin extending from the board, and the board having in each hole, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart and mutually electrically isolated conductor terminals which extend longitudinally of the hole, the conductor terminals in each hole being electrically connected one to each of the conductor lines on the pin and one to each of a plurality of mutually electrically isolated circuit lines carried by a substrate of the board.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
An assembly according to claim 1 wherein each conductor terminal is soldered to its corresponding electrical conductor line of the pin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
123 words
An assembly according to claim 1 wherein each circuit board pin has at least two electrical conductor lines exposed at the surface of the dielectric body and spaced laterally of one another around the surface, the assembly also having a daughter circuit board, and for each pin, the daughter circuit board having circuit lines with terminal contacts extending from a surface of the daughter circuit board, the terminal contacts spaced apart around a common center for accommodating the end of the pin extending from the circuit board with the contacts having contact springs resiliently movable outwardly from the center for resiliently engaging the conductor lines of the pin when the pin is inserted between the contacts, one contact spring to each conductor line.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of providing an assembly of a printed circuit board and a plurality of circuit board pins comprising: providing a circuit board pin comprising a dielectric body carrying a plurality of electrical conductor lines which extend longitudinally of the pin, the conductor lines being electrically isolated from each other; providing a printed circuit board formed with a plurality of holes and comprising a plurality of conductor terminals circumferentially spaced apart and mutually electrically isolated within each hole, each terminal electrically connected to an individual circuit line carried by a substrate of the board; and inserting each pin into a respective hole and electrically connecting each conductor line of the pin solely with a respective conductor terminal within said respective hole.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of providing an assembly of a printed circuit board and a plurality of circuit board pins comprising: providing a circuit board pin comprising a dielectric body carrying a plurality of electrical conductor lines which extend longitudinally of the pin, the conductor lines being electrically isolated from each other; providing a printed circuit board formed with a plurality of holes and comprising a plurality of conductor terminals circumferentially spaced apart and mutually electrically isolated within each hole, each terminal electrically connected to an individual circuit line carried by a substrate of the board; and inserting each pin into a respective hole and electrically connecting each conductor line of the pin solely with a respective conductor terminal within said respective hole.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method according to claim 4 wherein the conductor terminals of the board are provided by spaced apart conductive layers each extending partly around the surface of the hole, the method comprising inserting the pin into the hole and soldering each conductor line of the pin to a respective conductive layer.
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