Channel flanged capillary eyelet for printed circuit boards

Claim 1

A CAPILLARY EYELET ADAPTED TO BE PLACED IN A HOLE IN A BOUBLE-SIDED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD IN ORDER TO ASSURE GOOD ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN SAID SIDES EYELET COMPRISING A HOLLOW BARREL PORTION, AND AT LEAST ONE END PORTION CONFIGURED TO FIRM A PLURALITY OF PETALS WHOSE EDGES FORM SLOTS, SAID PETALS BEING CURVED TO DEFINE SPACES THEREUNDER WHICH SERVE AS A REPOSITORY FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLOWABLE MATERIAL, SAID SLOTS BEING IN CONTACT WITH SAID BARREL PORTION AND SAID SPACES, SAID EDGES DEFINING SAID SLOTS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FOR AT LEAST A PORTION OF THEIR LENGTH, INCLUDING THE LOCATION ADJACENT SAID BARREL PORTION, SAID SLOTS SERVING AS EFFECTIVE PATHS ALONG WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL CAN FLOW, WHEREBY THE EYELET IS PLACED IN A HOLE OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLOWABLE MATERIAL IS CAUSED TO FLOW UP THROUGH SAID HOLLOW BARREL PORTION, SAID MATERIAL FLOWS BY CAPILLARITY THROUGH THE SLOTS BETWEEN SAID PETALS AND THENCE INTO THE SPACES BELOW SAID PETALS, THEREBY TO ELECTRICALLY UNITE THE EYELET WITH THE CIRCUITRY OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD.