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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C Holt, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Neil F Damon, Manville, RI (US);
Richard J Hanlon, Attleboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
AUGAT Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 3392 / ; 29626 ;
Abstract
An electrical interconnection board with lead sockets mounted in plated-through holes therein. The lead sockets are hollow cylindrical elements having a tapered entry opening at one end and a plurality of normally converging flexible fingers at the other end. The lead sockets are force fitted into the plated-through holes in the board with the receptacle end of the socket opening into the component side of the board. The invention is also concerned with the method for mounting lead sockets to electrical interconnection boards.