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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Theron Lee Lewis, Rochester, MN (US);
David J. Braun, St. Charles, MN (US);
James D. Bielick, Pine Island, MN (US);
John R. Dangler, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy P. Younger, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Jennings, Rochester, MN (US);
Jennifer I. Bennett, Rochester, MN (US);
Stephen Michael Hugo, Stewartville, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first apparatus includes an electrical connector with an outer shell and an inner wafer, where the inner wafer is configured to slide into a cavity of the outer shell. The first apparatus further includes a shape-memory alloy coupled to a void in the outer shell and configured to interfere with an area on the inner wafer. A second apparatus includes an OTS connector with an outer shell and an inner wafer, where the inner wafer is configured to slide into a cavity of the outer shell. The second apparatus further includes a plurality of SMT leads of the inner wafer configured to mount onto a plurality of landing pads on a PCBA. The second apparatus includes a shape-memory alloy coupled to a void in the outer shell and configured to interfere with the inner wafer preventing movement of the inner wafer within the outer shell of OTS connector.