Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Roland Schmid

Werner Biermann

Andreas Michael Schremmer

Hans Kieninger

Wolfgang Drichelt

A connector is mounted on a circuit board by a pair of elongated fasteners ( ) that each have a connector end ( ) that is fixed to the connector housing and a board mount end ( ) that is fixed in mount holes ( ) in the circuit board. The board mount ends of the fasteners are press fit into circuit board holes as the termination ends ( ) of the connector contacts are inserted into plated holes in the board. Each fastener is attached to the connector by passing the connector end of the fastener through a hole ( ) in a plate-like metal wing ( ) of the connector and then press fitting the connector end of the fastener to the wing. The fastener has an elongated pin-like middle portion ( ) that can be bent 90&deg; so most of the connector can lie beyond an edge ( ) of the circuit board and partly in the plane of the circuit board.

Board mounted connector

A molded plastic saddle (19) lies at the front of a PC card (10), the saddle connecting to the front connector (18), the front of the circuit board (16), and the front of the lower cover part (12) in connections that are easily performed by the PC card maker who assembles the components. The saddle has laterally spaced opposite saddle side portions (120, 122) connected by a laterally-extending crossbar (28). Each saddle side portion has a cutout (38) in its side, and the sheet metal lower cover part has upstanding side rails (51, 52) with front portions forming holdown tabs (53) that are bent to extend into the cutouts to lock the front of the lower housing part to the saddle and thereby to the front connector and the front end of the circuit board.

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Filderstadt, Germany

Roland Schmid