International Business Machines Corporation

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Vincent M Fiacco

Benson Chan

Fletcher L Chapin

Robert S Pokrzywa

John R Mankus

Robert Babuka

John L Piechota

An electronic package including a base member and associated cover member designed for being positioned together to compress at least two circuitized substrates (e.g., a ceramic substrate and a plurality of flexible substrates) positioned therein. One of the substrates is substantially rigid and is positively positioned in a protected, aligned manner within the base. Additionally, the flexible substrates are precisely aligned and initially secured to the rigid substrate, the invention further using yet another resilient means to act against each of the flexible substrates when the packages fully assemble. The cover is secured to the base to effect final compression of the internal elements. This package may be positioned on and electrically coupled to another circuitized substrate, e.g., PCB.

Electronic package assembly and connector for use therewith

An electronic package including a base member and associated cover member designed for being positioned together to compress at least two circuitized substrates (e.g., a ceramic substrate and a plurality of flexible substrates) positioned therein. One of the substrates is substantially rigid and is positively positioned in a protected, aligned manner within the base. Additionally, the flexible substrates are precisely aligned and initially secured to the rigid substrate, the invention further using yet another resilient means to act against each of the flexible substrates when the packages are fully assembled. The cover is secured to the base to effect final compression of the internal elements. This package may be positioned on and electrically coupled to another circuitized substrate, e.g., PCB.

A zero insertion force connector system with a top entry for improved interconnection with a component card and a component card positioner for providing an interconnectable structure that is useable with adjacent apparatus. The zero insertion force connector system includes a housing with a card guide channel having a top entry and a sliding cam system for interlocking the component card positioner and the component card in an improved manner. The component card positioner includes a card positioning structure with a tab cover structure and a card guide channel positioner for interaction with the sliding cam system of the zero insertion force connector system to properly interconnect the component card. The component card includes card contact tabs protected by a tab cover structure in the component card positioner and related to connector contacts positioned in the housing of the connector. The sliding cam system includes card retention lobes that mate with the lobe positioners in the card guide channel positioner for positioning the component card in an improved physical manner.

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Vincent M Fiacco