Cisco Technology, Inc.

Ki-Yuen Chau

George Edward Curtis

Keith Frank Tharp

William Frank Edwards

Kayen Lin

Quan Lu

Xiaogang Li

Qirong Lin

In one embodiment, an eye of needle (EON) press-fit pin includes a base, a tip, and a compliant portion extending longitudinally between the base and the tip and comprising a pair of resilient deformable arms joined at opposite ends and defining an opening therebetween. The arms each include an outer surface for at least partial engagement with walls of an electrical via upon insertion therein. The outer surface of each of the arms includes a central segment having a flat longitudinal surface and converges from the central segment towards the base and the tip. The arms each further include an inner surface defining the opening and forming an elongated portion at each end of the opening for stress relief.

Eye of needle press-fit pin with stress relief

In one implementation, an apparatus is configured to aid in the manufacturing or assembling of electronic surface mount packages. The apparatus includes a common mode choke base configured to support a common mode choke. The apparatus includes terminal contacts coupled to the common mode choke base. The terminal contacts are aligned with wires connected to the common mode choke. The apparatus includes a support member including a wire supporting portion aligned with the wires connected to the common mode choke and a central portion configured to support the common mode choke base.

Ethernet magnetics package wire terminations

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Ki-Yuen Chau