Patent ID: 9472876
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A kit comprising: a first connector including a first plurality of eye-of-needle (EON) pins inserted into a first connector body, each EON pin of the first plurality of EON pins having a compliant segment comprising two opposing spring arms and an opening defined between the spring arms, each compliant segment of the first plurality of EON pins being configured to be received within a corresponding electrical via of a printed circuit board (PCB) such that the spring arms of each EON pin of the first plurality of EON pins engage walls of the corresponding electrical via at a set of contact points; and a second connector including a second plurality of EON pins inserted into a second connector body, each EON pin of the second plurality of EON pins having a compliant segment comprising two opposing spring arms and an opening defined between the spring arms, each compliant segment of the second plurality of EON pins being configured to be received within a same corresponding electrical via of the PCB as a corresponding EON pin from the first plurality of EON pins located at a same relative connector body location such that the spring arms of each EON pin of the second plurality of EON pins engage the walls of the same corresponding electrical via at a different set of contact points.