Patent classifications
H05K2201/10833
ELECTRICAL AND/OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND CONTACT SYSTEM
An electrical and/or electronic component including at least one electrical outside connecting contact. This contact is a terminal lug, which is attached at one side, for the electrical contacting with a contacting partner. The terminal lug includes a connecting side including a planar connecting surface for the electrical contacting. The exposed end of the terminal lug includes a bending leg, which is bent out of the plane by a compensating angle toward the connecting side. The bending leg includes the connecting surface. The terminal lug is designed such that, when a contacting partner, which is planar at least in this area, makes site contact with the free end of the bending leg with a force applied from the connecting side, a position orientation of the connecting surface is adaptable counter to the compensating angle until a gap-free contact is made between the connecting surface and the planar contacting partner.
METHODS FOR CONFIGURING LIGHT FIXTURES WITH PROGRAMMABLE DRIVERS
A lighting fixture, including a bus printed circuit board that receives power from an external source, may be configured with programmable drivers. The bus printed circuit board has mechanical features for receiving the programmable drivers to mechanically mount the programmable driver to the bus printed circuit board. Each programmable driver may have a set of spring contacts positioned to engage exposed pads of the bus printed circuit board when the programmable driver is mounted to the bus printed circuit board, to supply power to the programmable driver. The lighting fixture further includes one or more light sources driven by the programmable drivers.
Methods for configuring light fixtures with programmable drivers
A lighting fixture, including a bus printed circuit board that receives power from an external source, may be configured with programmable drivers. The bus printed circuit board has mechanical features for receiving the programmable drivers to mechanically mount the programmable driver to the bus printed circuit board. Each programmable driver may have a set of spring contacts positioned to engage exposed pads of the bus printed circuit board when the programmable driver is mounted to the bus printed circuit board, to supply power to the programmable driver. The lighting fixture further includes one or more light sources driven by the programmable drivers.
Interconnection system for lighting fixtures
A lighting fixture includes a bus printed circuit board that receives power from an external source. The bus printed circuit board has traces that route the power to a set of exposed pads, and also has mechanical features for receiving an electronic device. The lighting fixture further includes a set of one or more drivers, having mechanical features for engaging the mechanical features of the bus printed circuit board to mechanically mount the driver to the bus printed circuit board. Each of the set of one or more drivers further includes a set of spring contacts positioned to engage at least some of the exposed pads of the bus printed circuit board when the driver is mounted to the bus printed circuit board, to supply power to the driver. The lighting fixture further includes one or more light sources driven by the one or more drivers.
Insulated socket body and terminals for a land grid array socket assembly
An insulated socket body and terminal assembly for an integrated chip includes upper and lower insulated socket body portions which are received together in mated relation to define a socket body having a plurality of lumens extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a like plurality of monolithic spring terminals received within the lumens, wherein the spring terminals include upper and lower contact ends connected by a central cantilever spring. The central cantilever springs are received within central recess portions of the lumens and the upper and lower contact ends are received in respective upper and lower guide portions of the lumens and project outwardly from respective upper and lower surfaces of the upper and lower insulated socket body portions. The central recess portions of the lumens are configured to retain the cantilever springs in a first uncompressed configuration and in a second compressed configuration.
Flexible battery matrix for a conformal wearable battery
A matrix of battery cell modules includes a flexible printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) for a conformal wearable battery (CWB) with a plurality of attachment sections for each of a plurality of battery cells that are arranged in a grid-like pattern on a same side of the flexible PCBA. Each battery cell may be joined with a flexible PCB via a welding process. The flexible PCBA is configured to fold along a bend axis so that the flexible PCBA is folded approximately in half. When affixed to the flexible PCBA, the plurality of battery cell modules and a circuitry module form a grid of physical components. When folded, the flexible PCBA forms a three-dimensional grid of physical components comprising at least the battery cell modules.
INSULATED SOCKET BODY AND TERMINALS FOR A LAND GRID ARRAY SOCKET ASSEMBLY
An insulated socket body and terminal assembly for an integrated chip includes upper and lower insulated socket body portions which are received together in mated relation to define a socket body having a plurality of lumens extending therethrough. The assembly further includes a like plurality of monolithic spring terminals received within the lumens, wherein the spring terminals include upper and lower contact ends connected by a central cantilever spring. The central cantilever springs are received within central recess portions of the lumens and the upper and lower contact ends are received in respective upper and lower guide portions of the lumens and project outwardly from respective upper and lower surfaces of the upper and lower insulated socket body portions. The central recess portions of the lumens are configured to retain the cantilever springs in a first uncompressed configuration and in a second compressed configuration.
INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM FOR LIGHTING FIXTURES
A lighting fixture includes a bus printed circuit board that receives power from an external source. The bus printed circuit board has traces that route the power to a set of exposed pads, and also has mechanical features for receiving an electronic device. The lighting fixture further includes a set of one or more drivers, having mechanical features for engaging the mechanical features of the bus printed circuit board to mechanically mount the driver to the bus printed circuit board. Each of the set of one or more drivers further includes a set of spring contacts positioned to engage at least some of the exposed pads of the bus printed circuit board when the driver is mounted to the bus printed circuit board, to supply power to the driver. The lighting fixture further includes one or more light sources driven by the one or more drivers.
Multilayer electronic component and board having the same
A multilayer electronic component includes: a capacitor body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed between each pair of first and second internal electrodes, the capacitor body having third and fourth surfaces opposing each other, an end of each the first and second internal electrodes being exposed through the third and fourth surfaces, respectively; first and second external electrodes disposed on the third and fourth surfaces of the capacitor body, respectively; and first and second connection terminals connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, wherein each of the first and second connection terminals includes a vertical portion disposed to face the external electrode, a horizontal portion extended from a lower end of the vertical portion, and a cut portion formed in a portion connecting the vertical portion and the horizontal portion to each other.
Ceramic electronic component and mounting structure therefor
A ceramic electronic component includes an electronic component body and portions of first and second metal terminals covered with an outer resin material. The first metal terminal includes, connected in order, a first terminal joint portion, a first extension portion extending in a direction toward a mounting surface, and a first mount portion extending toward a side opposite to the electronic component body. The second metal terminal includes, connected in order, a second terminal joint portion, a second extension portion extending in the direction toward the mounting surface, and a second mount portion extending toward a side opposite to the electronic component body. The first and second mount portions respectively include first and second protrusions protruding toward the mounting surface. The outer resin material includes a protruding portion protruding toward the mounting surface.