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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Brian Beaman, Cary, NC (US);
Jason R. Eagle, Mantorville, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An Off The Module (OTM) cable assembly includes a back shell assembly and a guide block, where the guide block is disposed on a top surface of a electronic package. The back shell assembly is disposed inside a cavity of the guide block, where the back shell assembly includes a plurality of cable subassemblies and a back shell holder. Each cable subassembly from the plurality of cable subassemblies includes a compression connector portion and a cable portion, where the cable portion is mechanically coupled and electrically coupled to the compression connector portion. A contact wire and a contact spring of each cable subassembly is compressed against a respective plated contact pad on the top surface of the electronic package, where the compressed contact wire and the compressed contact spring of each cable subassembly is electrical coupled to the electronic package via the respective plated contact pad.