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An electrical connector has a flexible printed circuit for interconnecting a mother board and two daughter boards. The electrical connector includes a connector housing that is attached to the bottom of a heat frame that holds the two daughter boards. The connector is secured to the mother board. Th

An electrical connector has a flexible printed circuit for interconnecting a mother board and two daughter boards. The electrical connector includes a connector housing that is attached to the bottom of a heat frame that holds the two daughter boards. The connector is secured to the mother board. The flexible printed circuit is looped around a compression plate in the housing and attached to the heat frame and daughter boards at each end by compression assemblies that press gold dot contacts of the flexible printed circuit against the daughter boards.

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[ I claim:] [10.] A solderless electrical connector having a flexible printed circuit for connecting printed circuit boards comprising:a heat frame having a first daughter board attached to a front surface of the heat frame and a second daughter board attached to a rear surface of the heat frame,a c

[ I claim:] [10.] A solderless electrical connector having a flexible printed circuit for connecting printed circuit boards comprising:a heat frame having a first daughter board attached to a front surface of the heat frame and a second daughter board attached to a rear surface of the heat frame,a connector housing attached to the heat frame adjacent a lower end of the first and second daughter boards by a plurality of longitudinally spaced ears with precision slots engaging the front and rear surfaces of the heat frame, the connector housing having a mating end adopted for securing the connector to a mother board;a compression plate disposed in a cavity in the mating end of the housing with a spring disposed between an inside surface of the housing and the compression plate for pressing the compression plate toward the mother board;the flexible printed circuit being looped around the compression plate and having opposite end portions outside the cavity for making electrical connections between the flexible printed circuit and the respective daughter boards;the end portions of the flexible printed circuit each having an array of gold dot contacts for providing electrical contact of the respective end portions of the flexible printed circuit with the respective daughter boards;a compression assembly on each side of the frame for attaching the end portions to the heat frame and pressing the gold dot contacts disposed on the respective end portions of the flexible printed circuit against conductive pads on the respective daughter boards to make electrical contact;the compression assemblies each including a compression block having a central cavity aligned with the gold dot contacts and a spring loaded plunger disposed in the central cavity pressing one of the end portions of the flexible printed circuit against one of the daughter boards;the compression blocks being fastened to each other by fasteners above and below the central cavities that extend through the heat frame and the daughter boards; andthe compression blocks covering the respective end portions of the flexible printed circuit and being located near an upper end of the connector housing so that essentially all of the flexible printed circuit is protected by the connector housing and the compression blocks.