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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:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey T. Haselby, Dallas, TX (US);
Eric C. Peterson, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ; H01R 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ; H01R 1/00 ;
Abstract
A spring-loaded backing plate assembly for use with a printed circuit board, an electrical connector, and a land grid array-type device. The assembly comprises a backing plate adapted to support the printed circuit board and one or more leaf springs. A retainer assembly holds the leaf springs in a preloaded state against the backing plate and transfers compressive force from the leaf springs to the printed circuit board, electrical connector, and land grid array-type device.