Method for Securing the Electrical Contacts in a Connector System

Abstract

The present invention relates to a PCB connector with SMT adhesive agent (102). The present invention further relates to a method to rigidly hold a connector housing (101) on a printed circuit board assembly, which comprises a connector housing (101) which is to be fixed to the printed circuit board during the PCB assembly process using the SMT adhesive agent (102). The primary advantage is a reliable board-to-board stacking connector assembly.

Claims

1. A method for securing electrical contacts of terminals in a connector system comprising the steps of: rigidly holding a connector housing (101) on the printed circuit board assembly; wherein the connector housing (101) is rigidly held to the printed circuit board assembly using SMT adhesive (102); and soldering terminals of the connector housing for electrical contact with the printed circuit board.

2. The method for securing electrical contacts of terminals in a connector system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connector housing (101) is fixed to the printed circuit board during the printed circuit board assembly process.

3. The method for securing electrical contacts of terminals in a connector system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminals are held firmly and are aligned to provide reliable contacts.

4. The method for securing electrical contacts of the terminals in a connector system as claimed in claim 1, wherein connectors assembled by this method work reliably even for multiple mating cycles of the connectors.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawing(s) will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

[0019] The manner in which the proposed system works is given a more particular description below, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the components, some of which is illustrated in the appended drawing. It is to be noted; however, that the appended drawing illustrates only typical embodiments of this system and are therefore should not be considered limiting of its scope, for the system may admit to other equally effective embodiments.

[0020] Throughout the drawings, the same drawing reference numerals will be understood to refer to the same elements and features.

[0021] The features and advantages of the present proposed system will become more apparent from the following detailed description along with the accompanying figures, which forms a part of this application and in which:

[0022] FIG. 1: represents the front side (1a) and the rear side (1b) connector housing (101) with the PCB in accordance with our present invention; and

[0023] FIG. 2: represents the PCB 1 and PCB 2 in accordance with our present invention.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0024] Connector housing (101) [0025] SMT Adhesive (102) [0026] Contact terminal (201) of connector housing (101) soldered to the PCB 1 [0027] Mating connector housing (202) [0028] Contact terminal of mating connector housing (202) soldered to the PCB 2

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0029] The principles of operation, design configurations and evaluation values in these nonlimiting examples can be varied and are merely cited to illustrate at least one embodiment of the invention, without limiting the scope thereof.

[0030] The embodiments disclosed herein can be expressed in different forms and should not be considered as limited to the listed embodiments in the disclosed invention. The various embodiments outlined in the subsequent sections are construed such that it provides a complete and a thorough understanding of the disclosed invention, by clearly describing the scope of the invention, for those skilled in the art.

[0031] The present invention relates to a method to rigidly hold a connector housing (101) on a printed circuit board assembly. The present invention as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 where the connector housing (101) is secured or fixed during the PCB assembly process using an SMT Adhesive (102) agent or the like. No separate curing is required other than the subsequent soldering process. The present invention includes a contact terminal (201) of the connector housing (101) to be soldered to the PCB 1 and a contact terminal soldered (203) of the mating connector housing (202) to be soldered the PCB 2 (203). Thus, a connection is established between the mating connector housing (202) and the connector housing (101) so that an electrical connection is established between the contact terminal (201) soldered to PCB1 and the contact terminal (202) soldered to PCB2. As a result, an electrical connection is estabished between PCB1 and PCB 2 through the contact terminal (201) soldered to PCB1 and the contact terminal (202) soldered to PCB2.

[0032] With the implementation of the above method, the terminals (201) are held firmly and are aligned to provide the reliable contacts. The connectors assembled by this method work reliably even for the multiple mating cycles of the connectors. Intermittent connectivity problems faced due to misalignment and damage of terminals is eliminated. The present invention includes a method of assembly fixing of connectors with the SMT glue at the selected locations.

[0033] The present invention includes a reliable board to board stacking connector assembly. The present invention also allows the use of multiple connectors for PCB stacking. Connector holding on to the PCB prevents its movement with respect to its mating connector and provides electrical contact positioning with respect to its mating connector.

[0034] The present invention relates specifically to a method of assembly, fixing of connectors with the SMT glue at the selected locations.

[0035] While the foregoing written description of the invention enables one of ordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be the best mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand and appreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents of the specific embodiment, method, and examples herein. The invention should therefore not be limited by the above described embodiment, method, and examples, but by all embodiments and methods within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.