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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2009
Keith Bryan Hardin, Lexington, KY (US);
John Thomas Fessler, Lexington, KY (US);
Paul Kevin Hall, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Lee Nally, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Robert Aaron Oglesbee, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Keith Bryan Hardin, Lexington, KY (US);
John Thomas Fessler, Lexington, KY (US);
Paul Kevin Hall, Lexington, KY (US);
Brian Lee Nally, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Robert Aaron Oglesbee, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Abstract
A Z-directed signal pass-through component for insertion into a printed circuit board while allowing electrical connection from external surface conductors to internal conductive planes or between internal conductive planes. The Z-directed pass-through component is mounted within the thickness of the PCB allowing other components to be mounted over it. The body may contain one or more conductors and may include one or more surface channels or wells extending along at least a portion of the length of the body.