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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
May. 25, 2004
George W. Brehm, Holmes, NY (US);
Robert Nicoletti, Milton, NY (US);
Kent D. Waddell, West Hurley, NY (US);
George W. Brehm, Holmes, NY (US);
Robert Nicoletti, Milton, NY (US);
Kent D. Waddell, West Hurley, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A power connector for receiving a circuit board in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is provided. The power connector includes first and second walls operably disposed on a first side of a base portion for receiving at least a portion of a circuit board therebetween. The base portion has a second side opposite the first side and a first aperture extending from the second side into the base portion. The first aperture has a first diameter. The power connector further includes at least one electrically conductive pin having both first and second compliant end portions. The first compliant end portion has a second diameter when the first compliant end portion has a non-compressed state, and a third diameter smaller than the second diameter when the first compliant end portion has a compressed state. The second diameter of the first compliant end portion is larger than the first diameter of the first aperture. The first compliant end portion is disposed within the first aperture to compressively load the first compliant end portion within the first aperture for affixing the pin to the base portion.