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Patent No.:

US 10418735 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2018

Micro-electro-mechanical systems (mems) terminal structure of board-to-board electrical connector and manufacturing method thereof

Applicant:

Advanced-connectek Inc., New Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Kuo-Ching Lee, New Taipei, TW;

Ta-Teh Meng, New Taipei, TW;

Cheng-Feng Yu, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC., New Taipei, TW;

Attorney:

Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Abdullah A Riyami

Assistant Examiner:

Vladimir Imas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/85 (2011.01); B81B 3/00 (2006.01); B81C 99/00 (2010.01); H01R 13/115 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/20 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/85 (2013.01); B81B 3/0054 (2013.01); B81C 99/0085 (2013.01); H01R 12/73 (2013.01); H01R 13/115 (2013.01); H01R 13/6278 (2013.01); H01R 43/16 (2013.01); B81B 2201/014 (2013.01); B81C 2201/032 (2013.01); H01R 12/718 (2013.01); H01R 13/111 (2013.01); H01R 13/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) terminal structure of board-to-board electrical connector and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The terminal of the terminal structure includes a side arm, a bent portion, and a flexible arm integrally formed as one component. The flexible arm includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the side arm form an insertion space. The second portion and the side arm form a locking space. The second portion of the flexible arm has a contact portion. The insertion space is greater than the locking space. The terminal has curved and locking features to extend the moment arm of the terminal for improving the terminal flexibility. The terminal contacts a mating terminal through multiple points, thereby improving the contact stability and providing the locking function. Furthermore, by using the MEMS techniques for semiconductor industries, the terminal of micro board-to-board electrical connector can be manufactured.

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