Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connector assembly for solderless mounting to a circuit board
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Application No.: US16326457Application Date: 2017-09-28
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Publication No.: US11462845B2Publication Date: 2022-10-04
- Inventor: Kok Hoe Lee , Saujit Bandhu , Yunlong Qiao , Rao L. Vittapalli
- Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agent Michael J. Stern; Robert S. Moshrefzadeh
- International Application: PCT/IB2017/055968 WO 20170928
- International Announcement: WO2018/060922 WO 20180405
- Main IPC: H01R12/00
- IPC: H01R12/00 ; H01R12/71 ; H01R13/24 ; H01R13/405 ; H01R13/518 ; H01R13/6586 ; H01R43/24

Abstract:
A connector assembly for mounting on and making solderless electrical contact with a printed circuit board includes a plurality of stacked wafer assemblies. Each wafer assembly includes a wafer, a plurality of terminals partially embedded in the wafer where each terminal includes a connecting portion embedded in the wafer, a resiliently compressible mating portion for making solderless contact with a corresponding conductive pad of a PCB and a contact portion. The wafer is molded over the terminals. The wafer assembly also includes a plurality of wires terminated in termination regions at the contact portions of the terminals, and a shield disposed in the recess of the wafer and extending across the wafer. The connector assembly further includes a housing molded over the stacked wafers and the termination regions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210296804A1 CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR SOLDERLESS MOUNTING TO A CIRCUIT BOARD Public/Granted day:2021-09-23
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