Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A connector for a receiving printed circuit board (10) comprising a connector housing (20) having a front, a back wall (25), a bottom wall (24), and a upper wall (23) defining a hollow (21), and a at least one terminal (30) in said hollow, said terminal (30) including at least one pressure piece (32) capable of having a flexed position in which said terminal is spaced apart from said circuit board in a direction normal thereto, thereby forming a gap which is greater than the thickness of said circuit board, and a rest position, in which said gap is not greater than said thickness and said pressure piece is in electrical contact with said circuit board, and a retainer (40) comprising a cavity (41b) adapted to fixedly receive a portion of said circuit board, and a connecting member (46) adapted to enter said hollow and urge said terminal (30) into said flexed position before said circuit board (10) enters said gap.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
36 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein said housing comprises a plurality of fixing holes (34), an attachment claw (31) on each said terminal in each said fixing hole, thereby securing each said terminal to said housing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein there is a projection (32a) on said pressure piece, said projection adapted to contact said circuit board when said terminal is in said rest position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
61 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein said pressure piece is held by said upper wall and said attaching claw is held by said bottom wall, at least one of said upper wall and said bottom wall being moveable toward and away from each other in said direction, whereby movement away from each other urges said pressure piece into said flexed position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein said retainer comprises an upper casing (42), a lower casing (41), and a hinge (43) therebetween, said upper casing and said lower casing being adapted to be folded together about said hinge into a closed position with said circuit board therebetween.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein one of said connecting member and said housing has an engagement rib (46a) on a surface thereof, and another of said connecting member and said housing has an engagement groove (23a) in a surface thereof, said rib and said groove being complementary to each other when said retainer is in an assembled position wherein said retainer is fully entered in said housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein said retainer has a projecting base (42b) adapted to bear against said circuit board when said circuit board is in said cavity, thereby fixing said board in said cavity.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
77 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein said retainer comprises a cover (45) with depending sides, said retainer including a main casing (44) adapted to receive said cover, a window (44a) in a surface of said main casing, a pressing portion (45a) on said cover and corresponding to said window whereby, when said cover is placed on said main casing, said pressing portion bears against said circuit board in said cavity and fixes it in said main casing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein said housing is provided with weakened areas which facilitate movement into said flexed position.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
60 words
The connector of Claim 1 wherein said printed circuit board has circuits on both faces, said terminal has a pair of said pressing pieces, one adapted to bear against each of said faces, said pressing pieces being separated from each other by a gap wider than said thickness of said circuit board when said retainer is inserted into said hollow.