Connector and arrangement for circuit board assembly therewith

Claim 2

In combination with an electrical connector having a recess, an electrical terminal in said recess, cooperating means on the connector and terminal for retaining said terminal in said recess, a tongue on said terminal and projecting outwardly of said recess, a first circuit-containing member that receives said tongue exteriorly of said connector, means for joining said tongue to said member and including a solder connection for electrically connecting the tongue to circuitry on said member, a second circuit-containing member having a conductor projecting into said recess for engagement with said terminal and with the terminal applying pressure to said conductor, said connector having a bottom wall extending between opposite edges of the connector, and spaced apart L-shaped ledges depending from said bottom wall at one of said edges and opening toward the other edge and toward said connection.

Claim 3

A combination according to claim 1 in which the two circuit-containing members are panels containing printed circuits, and the terminal is a generally oval shaped structure that is partially flattened upon insertion of said conductor into said recess.

Claim 4

A combination according to claim 2 in which said ledges project away from the second circuit-containing member.

Claim 5

In combination with an electrical connector having a recess, an electrical terminal in said recess, cooperating means on the connector and terminal for retaining said terminal in said recess, a tongue on said terminal and projecting outwardly of said recess, a first circuit-containing member that receives said tongue exteriorly of said connector, means for joining said tongue to said member and including a solder connection for electrically connecting the tongue to circuitry on said member, and a second circuit-containing member having a conductor projecting into said recess for engagement with said terminal and with the terminal applying pressure to said conductor, said connector having projecting means for supporting an edge portion of said first circuit-containing member remote from said connection, a lock wafer, said conductor being secured to and projecting through said wafer, said wafer being located between said connector and second circuit-containing member, and said connector and wafer having cooperating overlapping portions engageable to facilitate retaining said connector assembled with said second circuit-containing member.

Claim 6

In combination with an electrical connector having a recess, an electrical terminal in said recess, cooperating means on the connector and terminal for retaining said terminal in said recess, a tongue on said terminal and projecting outwardly of said recess, a first circuit-containing member that receives said tongue exteriorly of said connector, means for joining said tongue to said member and including a solder connection for electrically connecting the tongue to circuitry on said member, and a second circuit-containing member having a conductor projecting into said recess for engagement with said terminal and with the terminal applying pressure to said conductor, said connector having projecting means for supporting an edge portion of said first circuit-containing member remote from said connection, a lock wafer, said conductor being secured to and projecting through said wafer, said wafer being located between said connector and second circuit-containing member, and said connector and wafer having cooperating overlapping portions engageable to facilitate retaining said connector assembled with said second circuit-containing member.

Claim 7

A combination according to claim 4 in which the cooperating portion on the connector is adjacent to an edge thereof that is proximate to said second circuit-containing member.

Claim 8

A combination according to claim 4 in which the cooperating portion on the connector is adjacent to an edge thereof that is remote from said second circuit-containing member such that the cooperating part on the wafer spans the width of said connector.

Claim 9

In combination with an electrical connector having a recess, an electrical terminal in said recess and having a tongue projecting from said recess, a circuit board adjacent to said connector, said tongue projecting through the circuit board and being soldered thereto, and said connector having projecting mEans remote from the soldered connection for supporting an edge portion of the board to resist rupture of the soldered connection due to a force on the board tending to bend it for movement of said edge portion against said projecting means, said projecting means being at one edge of the connector and the tongue extends outwardly of the connector at the opposite edge of the connector.

Claim 10

In combination with an electrical connector having a recess, an electrical terminal in said recess and having a tongue projecting from said recess, a circuit board adjacent to said connector, said tongue projecting through the circuit board and being soldered thereto, and said connector having projecting mEans remote from the soldered connection for supporting an edge portion of the board to resist rupture of the soldered connection due to a force on the board tending to bend it for movement of said edge portion against said projecting means, said projecting means being at one edge of the connector and the tongue extends outwardly of the connector at the opposite edge of the connector.

Claim 11

A combination according to claim 7 in which said projecting means comprise spaced apart ledges integral with the connector and facing toward said opposite edge.

Claim 12

In combination a circuit board, a lock wafer, a plurality of spaced apart conductor elements rigidly secured to the lock wafer and soldered to said circuit board, a connector having recesses with terminals therein, said conductors projecting into said recesses respectively, said terminals imposing resilient pressure on said conductors, and cooperating releasable overlapping means on the wafer and the connector for preventing separation of the two.

Claim 13

In combination a circuit board, a lock wafer, a plurality of spaced apart conductor elements rigidly secured to the lock wafer and soldered to said circuit board, a connector having recesses with terminals therein, said conductors projecting into said recesses respectively, said terminals imposing resilient pressure on said conductors, and cooperating releasable overlapping means on the wafer and the connector for preventing separation of the two.

Claim 14

A combination according to claim 9 in which said cooperating means on said wafer comprises a resilient finger that engages a shoulder on said connector.

Claim 15

A combination according to claim 10 in which said shoulder is at an edge of the connector that is opposite to said wafer such that the resilient finger substantially spans the width of said connector.

Claim 16

A combination according to claim 9 in which said cooperating means on said wafer comprises a resilient finger and the cooperating means on said connector comprises an inclined ridge such that upon relative movement of the connector and wafer the finger will ride over said ridge and snap into seating position on a shoulder therebehind.

Claim 17

An electrical connector comprising a body with a series of side-by-side discrete terminal-receiving recesses and with there being a wall between adjacent recesses, said recesses opening to opposite edges of said connector body, means in said connector for limiting the penetration of terminals inserted into said recesses, and an inclined ridge at one of said edges and being on the exterior of the body.

Claim 18

An electrical connector comprising a body with a series of side-by-side discrete terminal-receiving recesses and with there being a wall between adjacent recesses, said recesses opening to opposite edges of said connector body, means in said connector for limiting the penetration of terminals inserted into said recesses, and an inclined ridge at one of said edges and being on the exterior of the body.

Claim 19

A connector according to claim 13 further including generally L shaped ledges at said one edge, said ledge and ridge being on opposite sides of said body.

Claim 20

An electrical connector comprising a generally rectilinear body with a series of side-by-side terminal-receiving recesses and with there being a wall between adjacent recesses, said recesses opening to opposite edges of the connector body, means in said connector body for limiting the penetration of terminals inserted into said recesses, said body including a bottom wall extending between said edges and presenting interior bottom wall surfaces for said terminal-receiving recesses and an exterior wall surface opposite thereto, and generally L-shaped ledges at one of said edges and opening toward the other edge with the lower legs of the L-shaped ledges presenting surface means progressively inclined away from the exterior wall surface opposite to said bottom wall surfaces and cooperating with the adjacent exterior wall surface to receive and support an edge of a circuit board.

Claim 21

An electrical connector comprising a generally rectilinear body with a series of side-by-side terminal-receiving recesses and with there being a wall between adjacent recesses, said recesses opening to opposite edges of the connector body, means in said connector body for limiting the penetration of terminals inserted into said recesses, said body including a bottom wall extending between said edges and presenting interior bottom wall surfaces for said terminal-receiving recesses and an exterior wall surface opposite thereto, and generally L-shaped ledges at one of said edges and opening toward the other edge with the lower legs of the L-shaped ledges presenting surface means progressively inclined away from the exterior wall surface opposite to said bottom wall surfaces and cooperating with the adjacent exterior wall surface to receive and support an edge of a circuit board.

Claim 22

An electrical connector comprising a body with a series of side-by-side recesses with interior wall surfaces for receiving terminals and an exterior wall surface opposite thereto, said body also including at one end thereof generally L-shaped ledge means projecting therefrom, said ledge means including tapered surface means on the lower leg of the L-shaped ledge means progressively inclined away from the exterior wall surface opposite to said bottom wall surfaces and cooperating with the adjacent exterior wall surface of the body for supporting the edges of circuit boards of varying widths.

Claim 23

An electrical connector comprising a body with a series of side-by-side recesses with interior wall surfaces for receiving terminals and an exterior wall surface opposite thereto, said body also including at one end thereof generally L-shaped ledge means projecting therefrom, said ledge means including tapered surface means on the lower leg of the L-shaped ledge means progressively inclined away from the exterior wall surface opposite to said bottom wall surfaces and cooperating with the adjacent exterior wall surface of the body for supporting the edges of circuit boards of varying widths.