Abstract:
A smart card reader (10) is disclosed having a base (12) which is profiled to have a card receiving area (20). Contacts (22, 23) are disposed inside a contact receiving (32) of the base and are pivotable about a leg (40). Insertion of a smart card (60) causes the contacts (22, 23) to pivot about the pivot point (42) in order to cause contact points (50) to engage contact pads of the smart card (60).
Abstract:
A connector (10) is disclosed for interconnecting circuitry (28, 54) of two circuit boards (26, 52) which carry relatively high frequency signals. The receptacle connector (12) includes a central shield plate (22) and the mating plug connector (14) includes a central plate (50) that electrically engages the plate (22) at several points (146, 148, 162, 164) along its length. The plug and receptacle connectors (14, 12) each include an outer shield (172', 172) that substantially surrounds the rows of mated contact pairs (46, 18). The central plates (22 and 50) include a plurality of leads (34, 60) along their lengths that engage the outer shields (172, 172') and ground pads on the circuit boards (26, 52).
Abstract:
A connector (10) is disclosed for interconnecting circuitry (12, 16) of two circuit boards (14, 18) which carry relatively high frequency signals. The receptacle connector (20) includes shield plates (56) between each adjacent pair of signal contacts (58) and the mating plug connector (24) includes a central elongated ground plate (136) that electrically engages each of the shield plates (56). The ground plate (136) includes a plurality of leads (142) along its length that engage ground pads on the circuit board (18). The plug connector (24) includes an outer shield (146) that substantially surrounds the plug connector (24) and includes leads (148) that are attached to the leads (142) of the elongated ground plate (136).
Abstract:
An apparatus and method of forming balls includes a metering device (2), a melting device (14) and a cooling device (20). The metering device (2) stamps a desired volume of solid material in the form of a slug (12) which passes through the melting device (14) where it is caused to levitate and transform state from a solid to a molten liquid. The molten liquid material (13) is released from the melting device (14) and descends through the cooling device (20) where it transforms state once again from a molten material to a solid material while maintaining a ball shape. A forming gas is passed over the molten material (13) in a direction opposite to the falling molten material (13). The balls (15) are finally cooled in a cooling bath (32).
Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly (2) for use in connecting parallel printed circuit boards includes a receptacle connector (4) and a plug connector (6). The receptacle connector (4) includes receptacle contacts (8), each of which includes a surface mount solder tail (16) and a mating contact section in the form of a resilient arm (26) on opposite sides of a sealing pad (18) that seals a contact insertion opening (38) when the receptacle contact (8) is fully inserted. The mating contact portion is therefore isolated from contaminating materials, such as solder flux during surface mount solder operations. The height of the connector assembly (2) can be adjusted by using plug connectors (6) of different heights with a universal receptacle connector (4). The height of the side walls (60) on the plug housing (12), between a plug mating section and contact retention section is changed for different plug connector heights. The length of the plug contact (10) can also change because the plug contact solder tail (56) is bent into its final position after the plug contacts (10) are mounted on the plug housing (12).
Abstract:
A smart card reader (10, 10') is provided for temporary electrical connection of a smart card (70) to a printed circuit road. The smart card reader (10, 10') features a cover (14, 14') which is hingeably mounted to a base (12) at a first end (28). The cover (14, 14') is biased such that its bottom surface (26) is spaced apart from the base (12) at a second end (29). Card support projections (18) are formed from the cover (14, 14') and act in combination with an actuator (20) which extends from the base (12) to draw the cover (14, 14') towards the base (12) upon insertion of a smart card (70).