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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2000
David W. Helster, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Scott K. Mickievicz, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Howard W. Andrews, Hummelstown, PA (US);
George R. Defibaugh, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Lynn R. Sipe, Mifflintown, PA (US);
John J. Consoli, Harrisburg, PA (US);
James L. Fedder, Etters, PA (US);
Chad W. Morgan, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Alexander M. Sharf, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Matthew R. McAlonis, Wrightsville, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A printed circuit board includes a bore having a perimeter and a total depth. An electrically conductive barrel extends around at least a portion of the perimeter of the bore and along a predetermined depth of the bore, the predetermined depth being less than the total depth of the bore. The barrel has an end that terminates at a countersunk portion of the bore. A contact includes a body having first and second ends. The first end includes a compliant section that is positioned in the barrel, thereby forming a separable interface between the contact and the circuit board. The second end extends out of the barrel and interfaces with an electrical component. Protrusion of the first end out of the barrel is minimized. The above relationships are used to decrease capacitive loading.