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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2003
Robert Lee Barnhouse, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Stephen H. Hancock, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Martin H. Kainec, Youngsville, NC (US);
Robert Lee Barnhouse, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Stephen H. Hancock, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Martin H. Kainec, Youngsville, NC (US);
Solectron Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to connector tools for seating connectors on a substrate such as a printed circuit board (PCB). The connector tool is a machined structure having a plurality of walls that define intersecting slots that mate with an array of male connector pins and include one or more ribs to reduce damage if the tool is dropped on the floor. The ribbed walls strengthen the connector tool, but do not interfere with the mating array of male connector pins. The connector tool also includes push shoulders to contact the connector apart from the array of male connector pins so as to seat the connector onto the PCB without connector tool and connector damage.