Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Eye-of-needle compliant pin
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Application No.: US15219312Application Date: 2016-07-26
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Publication No.: US09647356B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Mark K. Hoffmeyer
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Robert J. Shatto
- Main IPC: H01R13/42
- IPC: H01R13/42 ; H01R12/58 ; H01R4/26

Abstract:
A first connector includes a first plurality of eye-of-needle (EON) pins. Each EON pin of the first plurality includes two opposing spring arms. Each EON pin of the first plurality is configured to be received within a corresponding electrical via of a printed circuit board (PCB) such that the spring arms engage walls of the corresponding electrical via at a set of contact points. A second connector includes a second plurality of EON pins. Each EON pin of the second plurality includes two opposing spring arms. Each EON pin of the second plurality is configured to be received within a same corresponding electrical via of the PCB as a corresponding EON pin of the first plurality located at a same relative connector body location such that the spring arms engage the walls of the same corresponding electrical via at a different set of contact points.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170093058A1 EYE-OF-NEEDLE COMPLIANT PIN Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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