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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Michael M. Cubon, Northfield, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A solderless pin connection for a printed circuit board wherein a substrate is printed with polymer thick film. The substrate includes an inner surface defining a hole. The polymer thick film is applied along a top surface of the substrate and along the inner surface. The polymer thick film may additionally be applied along a bottom surface of the substrate with an additional layer along the inner surface. A pin, having a diameter less than a diameter of the hole, is press fit within the polymer thick film along the inner surface the pin. The pin is staked with respect to the substrate using a mechanical connection such as barbs or a folded portion on a staked end of the pin.