CA1043881A - Circuit board socket - Google Patents

Circuit board socket

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CA1043881A
CA1043881A CA211,871A CA211871A CA1043881A CA 1043881 A CA1043881 A CA 1043881A CA 211871 A CA211871 A CA 211871A CA 1043881 A CA1043881 A CA 1043881A
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socket
circuit board
mouth
opening
plug
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Quentin Berg
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EIDP Inc
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EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/55Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals
    • H01R12/58Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals terminals for insertion into holes
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23KSOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K35/00Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting
    • B23K35/22Rods, electrodes, materials, or media, for use in soldering, welding, or cutting characterised by the composition or nature of the material
    • B23K35/224Anti-weld compositions; Braze stop-off compositions
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05KPRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K3/00Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
    • H05K3/30Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor
    • H05K3/306Lead-in-hole components, e.g. affixing or retention before soldering, spacing means
    • H05K3/308Adaptations of leads
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H05ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05KPRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K3/00Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
    • H05K3/30Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor
    • H05K3/32Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits
    • H05K3/34Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
    • H05K3/3452Solder masks

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Connecting Device With Holders (AREA)
  • Multi-Conductor Connections (AREA)
  • Printing Elements For Providing Electric Connections Between Printed Circuits (AREA)
  • Structures For Mounting Electric Components On Printed Circuit Boards (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A circuit board socket is provided with a silicone rubber seal to prevent flux, solder, or other impurities from entering the interior contact areas. Viscous liquid silicone rubber is applied to an opening communicating with the interior of the socket and flows completely into the opening prior to curing to form an effective seal. After the silicone rubber sets, it may be easily pierced by a lead inserted through the opening into the body of the connector for establishing electrical contact with a spring in the interior of the socket,

Description

Thls invention relates to an improved circuit board socket o~ the type disclosed in United States Patent No. 3,681,738. m ese type sockets are mounted in holes ex-tending through circuit boards and are fluxed and w~ve soldered to ~orm permanent electrical co~nections between the exterior of the socket body and printed circuitry on the circuit board. The socket includes interior sprlng O arms for for~ilng a connection wl~h a lea~ incierted through an op~ning in the socket and lnto engags~ent ~lth the ar~.
ID the impr~ved circuit board ~ocket, the op~ning through which tho lead i~ inserted ~or making contact with the lnteri~r socket spring arms ii closed by flowing viscous room ~emperature curing silicon~ rubber into the opening ,, 30 that the material, while still viscous, coalpletely seals the opening and then cures or vulcanizes surric1ently to retain it~ position i~ the openl~g, thus `.
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po~itively sealing the opening and preventing ~lux, molten solder, or other cont~minants entering the interior of the ~ ,-socket through the opening. The circuit board ~ocket wlth a re~ilient plug or ~eal forms an improved barrier to the flow of molten solder into the lnterior of the 80cket body then provided ln conventlonal socket~ using solder resists.
The silicone rubber seal is easily penetrated by ~ -a lead inserted into the interior o~ the body, The æeal ha~ ~ -the additlonal adv~ntage o~ tightly surr~unding the lead 10 inserted into the ~ocke~ and thus preventing contamlnant~ -from e~terlng the ~ocket a~ter ln~ertlon o~ the lead. When the lead ls withdrawn, the resllient seal clo~es the opening formed by the lead and continues to seal the op0nin~ in the ;~
socket. . . :
Other obJects and features o~ the in~ention wlll : ~.
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become apparent aB the de~cription proceed~3 especlally ~hen -: .
taken in con~unction with the ~ccomp~nying dr~wlngs illu~trating the inventlon, o~ which there i~ one ~heetO :
IN THE DRA~INGS:
Figure 1 i8 a ~ectional ~iew taken thr~ugh a circult board 30cket according to the invention;
Figure 1 i8 a se~tional view taken along line 2-2 o~ Figure l; ;.
Figure 3 1~ a t~p view of the so~ket ~P Figure~
1 and 2; ~ :
Figure 4 i6 a 8ect~ on~l view taken ~long line 4~4 of Figure l; and :
Figure 5 18 a ~ectional viow o~ a socket like that ln : ~ Figure 1 ~oldered ln a circuit board hole wlth a lead in~erted into ;, " ''"''
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the sock~t and in electrical con~ectlon wit,h the interior spri~g ar~s.
The invention relates to a circuit board æocket 10 comprls~ng an elongate met~l cup 12 closed at end 14 and open at lead-receiving end or mouth 16, m e mouth at end 16 i~
outwardly rlared to facilitate reception o~ a lead inserted lnto the lnterior o~ khe body 12. The clrc~it board socket 10 also includes a generally W-~haped spri~g mem~er 18 havlng a p~ir of opposed æpring ~rms 20 conrlned within b~dy 12 and inter-connected by bigh~ portion 22 ad~acent closed end 1 ~ the body. Spring curls 24 connect the e~dæ o~ the spring .
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arm~ 20 adJacent mouth 16 with exterior circuit bo~rd hole~
eng~ging ~pring arm~ 26 extending along opposite exterior .. ;
wall~ o~ the body 12. The ~rlng 18 is rormed of r~l~tively high yiel~ ~trength ~aterial aad i~ held within the ~od~ 12 .~;
b~ a pair of lnwardly directed oppoæed dimple~ 28 ~hich exte~
~nto the lnterior of b~dy 12 within the bight portion 2P o~
~pring 180 A~ illu~trated lR ~lgures 1 and 4, portio~s 30 of the ~prlng 18 extend through ~lared openlng 16 Or ~ody 12 B~d~ 12 a~d sprlng 18 are esee~ti~lly ldentical to eorres~on~
dlng members di3clos~d in United ~at28 Patant No. 3,681,738 A~ter the ~pring 18 ha~ bee~ po~itioned ln ~ody 1 as ~ho~n 1~ Fig~re 1~ an amou~ of ~i~cou~ room temperature curi~g sillcone rubber ls applied to th~ re~ open e~d 16 bc~we~n the portion~ 300 The sllic~ne ~ubber llquid flo~s completely around the portion~ 30 and up to the interior .:
wall~ 32 o~ mouth 16 to ~or~ a ~al e~tending acro~s the entire in~rior opening Or the mouth.` me rubber also ~l~w~
down between the interior ~aci~g sur~ce~ 34 o~ ~pring ~r~ 20
3~ to form a sealing plug 36. A~ lllustrated i~ Figure 2, the plug 36 extend~ to body side wallg 38 ad~acent flared ~outh 16 ~nd m~y ~arrow to a tlp 40 3eparated from the ~lde . .

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walls at a distance furth~r away from the mouth 16. A~ter appllcatlon of the ~ilicone rubber to the ~outh ~f circu~t board socket 10, the rubber is all~wed to cure to solidlfy the plug in positlon in the socket as illustrated. me interior ~alls of body 12 are dry while the surfaces o~ sprlng ar~s 20 ar~ coated with a material ~on-adherent to silico~e rubber. When the viscous silicone rubber plug sets or cures, it adhere~ tightly to the ~ry i~terior ~urraces o~ body 12 ~ ~.
and ~ormæ an lnti~ate no~-adherent contact with the surfaces ~ -. ~ .
10 of the spring 18. me contact ~ormed between the plug aad ~- :
both the body and spring tlghtl~ closes mouth 16 and pre-vents flux, molten solder, or other i~purities ~ro~ e~tering the interior contact area o* the circuit board ~ocket 10. ~ :
See Figure 4.
~ollo~i~g curing o~ ~lug 36, the socket 10 ~ay be lnserted withi~ ~ circuit board hole 42 of circuit b~ard 44 and ~ave ~oldered to form a soldered ele~rieal conn~ction 46 bet~ee~ th~ body 12, a~d a~ 26, a~d printed c~rcuitry 48 on clrcuit board 44. Prlor t~ wa~e ~olderlng, the circuit ;:
2Q bo~rd ~ith the, ~iocke~ mounted there,in ici conventl,~nally ~oved through ~ rluxin~ bi~th to i~prove ~ol~erln~. ~The plug 36 .:
pre,vents a~y ~lux or ~olten Eiolder which could posslbly -.; ~low lnto the open end of ~outh 16 from rlowin~ into ~he . .
interior oi thf~f body 12. In thi~ way, ilux a~d solderJ to gether ~ith o~her lmpuriti2~, are pr~,vented fro~ entering the co~tact area betwee~ arm& 20. Silicone rubber pl~g 36 not lnJured by the, rlux or the molten solder.
, APter c~mple,tion o~ the isol~erln~ ~pera~io~, a lead q 50 may be in~erted into the ~C~oc~t through m~,uth 16 and 3,~ p~ug 36 a~ lllu~tra~ed ln Figure 4. .The sillcone rubber ls ~l easil~ ruptur,~,d by the lead e~d Q~ the pln. The rubber ~oes ' not adhare to the, ~uriac~s,~ o~ the co~tact spring arm& 20.

,' ~4~ .-Durlng in3ertion~ the end of the lead removes a~y rubber from the area of contact with ~pri~g arms 20. As illustrated in Figure 5, the le~d 50 may break tip 40 lnto two portio~2.
The ru~ber plug 36 surround~ and ~or~ impurlty resi~tant ~eal againBt the lead 50 in~erted into the sock~t. ;.
In thi6 way socket failure is reduced becau~e impuritles are sealed away ~rom the contacts between the lead and the socket.
When the lead i~ ~ithdrawn th~ re~ilie~cy of the plug closes the opening ~ormed by the lead an~ mai~tain~ an e~ective seal.
The exact ~hape Or the plug 36 formed i~ openi~g 16 .
depends upon the am~unt of liquid rubber applied to the .. :
~pening. m~ n a ca~e that a greater amount Or rubber i applied, it i~ pos~ble that the plug ~ould over~low the opening and engage curls 24 and th~ ext~ri~r ~ur~aces o~
body 12. Such v~rlat~o~ ln shap0 of the plug do n~t e~iect the desired Beal9 80 lo~ a~ the plug doe~ eo~pletely clo~e the lead-recei~i~g openln~ 16.
Whlle the l~e~tion has been de~cribed in con~ecti.~n with a speciiic ~orm o~ clrcult board ~ocket, it i~ not intended to be limited t~ clrcuit board socket~ o~ the spec~
~ic type di~clo~ed herel~. Obviou~ly, sealing plu~s may be applied to op~ings in other type~ o~ clrcult board socket~
wheth~r or not lead~ ~re insarted through ~uch ope~ln~3.
While I have illustrated and described a pre~erred embodlment of my lnvention, it 1~ u~der~tood that this is capable o~ m~diricationJ and I there~ore do not wlsh to be limlted to the precise detall~ ~et ~orth, but de~ire t~ avail mysel~ of such change~ and alterations a~ fall within the purvlew o~ the ~ollowlng cl~lms.

Claims (7)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. An improved circuit board socket of the type adapted to be positioned within a circuit board hole and sub-sequently soldered to printed circuitry on the board, the socket including a hollow metal body, a mouth in the body communi-cating with the interior of the body, spring contact means within the body located to engage a lead inserted into the in-terior of the body through said mouth, means for tightly sealing said mouth comprising a portion of liquid viscous material flowed into said mouth and cured within the mouth to form a solid sealing plug, said means completely closing at least one section extending across the mouth, and an adherent connection between said means and the body at the mouth.
2. A circuit board socket as in Claim 1 wherein said means comprises a plug of silicone rubber.
3. An improved circuit board socket as in Claim 2 wherein said socket includes a spring member extending from the interior of the socket outwardly through said mouth and said plug.
4. An improved circuit board socket as in Claim 3 including an adherent connection between said plug and said body and a non-adherent connection between said plug and said member.
5. An electrical connection system comprising a cir-cuit board having a hole extending therethrough, a circuit board socket positioned in said hole in electrical connection with circuitry on the board; said socket having a lead-receiving opening, a hollow interior, and a spring contact within said in-terior in position to engage and form electrical connection with a lead inserted through said opening; a lead extending through said opening and engaging said spring contact within said socket, and sealing means extending across and completely closing said opening, said means closely engaging the interior surfaces of the socket at the opening and also closely engaging the exterior surface of the lead.
6. An electrical connection system as in Claim 5 wherein said seal comprises a plug of silicone rubber.
7. An improved circuit board socket of the type adapted to be positioned within circuit board hole and subsequently soldered to printed circuitry on the board;
the socket including a hollow metal body, an opening in the body communicating with the interior of the body, spring contact means within the body, a penetrable resilient seal closing said opening, and an adherent connection between said seal and body.
CA211,871A 1973-10-23 1974-10-21 Circuit board socket Expired CA1043881A (en)

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