초록 ▼

A two-piece connector is disclosed for making zero insertion force interconnection between a mother board and a daughter board. The connector includes a plug mounted on the daughter board and a receptacle mounted on the mother board. A linear moving cam means acts on terminals carried by the recepta

A two-piece connector is disclosed for making zero insertion force interconnection between a mother board and a daughter board. The connector includes a plug mounted on the daughter board and a receptacle mounted on the mother board. A linear moving cam means acts on terminals carried by the receptacle to drive them normal to the elongated axis of the receptacle. When the receptacle terminals are opened by the cam means, the plug can be inserted into the receptacle either in a normal abutting fashion or end insertion by being moved laterally into the receptacle from one end. The terminals in the receptacle each have a blade which serves as the mating portion. The terminals carried by the plug each have a pair of closely spaced tines forming a pocket therebetween which receives a mating blade therein. The subject connector system is particularly useable for effecting a high density array interconnection between mother/daughter boards.

대표청구항 ▼

A zero insertion force connector assembly for mounting daughter circuit boards on mother circuit boards comprising: a receptacle having a housing defining an elongated cavity and a cam assembly movably mounted in a base portion of said cavity, a plurality of holes formed in said cam assembly in a pa

A zero insertion force connector assembly for mounting daughter circuit boards on mother circuit boards comprising: a receptacle having a housing defining an elongated cavity and a cam assembly movably mounted in a base portion of said cavity, a plurality of holes formed in said cam assembly in a patterned array, and a like plurality of first terminals mounted in said housing along at least one side of said cavity and extending through said holes in said cam assembly to be moved thereby in a direction normal to the longitudinal axis of said cavity, each said first terminal having a blade portion extending toward said cavity and a tail portion engaging said mother board; and a plug having a housing with a mating profile receivable in said cavity, a plurality of second terminals mounted in said plug housing, each said second terminal having a pair of arms defining a blade receiving slot therebetween, whereby when said plug is received in said cavity of said receptacle said first terminals are moved by said cam assembly so that the blade portions of each first terminal lies between and in engagement with said arms of a respective second terminal.