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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2002
Jonathan Goodwin, Braintree, MA (US);
Donald Amaral, Jr., Seekonk, MA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A flex connector assembly for connecting circuit boards has been provided that includes a housing having at least one cavity holding a preloaded spring exerting an outwardly-directed force toward top and bottom ends of the housing; at least one pressure support member located at one of the top and bottom ends, the pressure support member exerting an inwardly-directed force on the preloaded spring; and at least one flex circuit having a flex array arranged on one of the top and bottom ends; and at least one compressible socket having a socket array overlapping the flex circuit. The preloaded spring acts to compress the flex array and the socket array onto one another.