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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1992
Thomas E Mowry, Cardiff, CA (US);
Teledyne Kinetics, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly in accordance with the present invention includes a base which can be positioned or mounted on a substrate. At least one contact beam is cantilevered on the base and has a deflectable free end which is distanced from the base and a fixed end which is attached to the base. At least one rigid reactive beam extends from the base to counteract the forces which are generated on the base when the free end of the contact beam is deflected to move from a first configuration wherein the beam is unstressed, and into a second configuration wherein the beam is stressed. Further, the connector assembly is positioned on the substrate so that when a printed circuit board is joined with the substrate, the free end of the contact beam is urged against the printed circuit board to move the contact beam from its first configuration into its second configuration to establish electrical contact between the contact beam and the printed circuit board. The fixed end of each contact beam has a portion exposed to provide a point for connecting the contact beam with an electronic device.