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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:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bobby J. Self, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ;
Abstract
An electrical connection structure and method allow the coupling of one printed circuit board with another without the use of cables or connectors. An edge of one printed circuit board contains a plurality of plated split holes. Within each hole, an electrically conductive leg is maintained by way of solder, thus providing electrical connectivity between the first and second printed circuit boards. Additionally, a method of soldering a wire coil into a series of such edge-positioned plated split holes and subsequently cutting the coil along the edge of the first printed circuit board will yield the desired conductive legs.