公开(公告)号：US3858958A

公开(公告)日：1975-01-07

申请号：US41059873

申请日：1973-10-29

Applicant: INT COMPUTERS LTD

Inventor： DAVIES DENNIS

IPC: H01R12/70 ,  H05K3/32 ,  H05K3/36 ,  H01R13/54 ,  H05K1/04

CPC classification number: H01R12/7082 ,  H05K3/325 ,  H05K3/366

Abstract: A connector for use with printed circuit boards is described. For use with boards having contacts arranged, for example, along an edge, the connector has a number of spaced apart flexible conductive rings supported on a common elastomeric core. The rings make contact with the board contacts and, through corresponding contacts of at least two boards, provide external interconnections between boards. The connectors may be supported by an internal support, such as a reinforcing rod, or they may be located by, for example, recesses formed in their ends. The rings are preferably very thin walled to provide flexibility, the necessary mechanical support for the rings being provided by the core. To produce rings having a sufficiently thin wall, a thicker-walled tube may be internally etched to reduce the wall thickness to the required dimension.

Abstract translation: 描述了用于印刷电路板的连接器。 为了与具有例如沿着边缘布置的触点的板一起使用，连接器具有多个间隔开的柔性导电环，其支撑在共同的弹性体芯上。 环与板触点接触，并且通过至少两个板的相应触点提供板之间的外部互连。 连接器可以由诸如加强杆的内部支撑件支撑，或者它们可以通过例如在其端部中形成的凹部来定位。 这些环优选非常薄壁以提供柔性，由芯提供的环的必要的机械支撑。 为了制造具有足够薄壁的环，可以在内部蚀刻较厚壁的管以将壁厚减小到所需的尺寸。