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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1992
Filed:
May. 08, 1991
Welles K Reymond, Waterbury, CT (US);
General DataComm, Inc., Middlebury, CT (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit package is provided with a plurality of contact element leads, each lead having a first portion for making electrical connection with the integrated circuit and a second tapered contact portion for mating with a conductive rim of the hole of a circuit board. In conjunction with the integrated circuit package, a fastener is provided for holding the tapered contact elements in mating relationship with the conductive rims. The tapered contact portion of the lead of the integrated circuit package may take any of various forms, as long as the lead is tapered and resilient so that proper mating with a conductive rim can be accomplished. Likewise, the fastener which holds the tapered contact elements in mating relationship with the conductive rims may take any of numerous forms. All that is required is that the fastener couple to both the circuit board and the integrated circuit package, and that the integrated circuit package be removable from the fastener.