Patent ID: 8667672
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a z-axis interconnector into a plurality of aligned vias in a corresponding plurality of stacked printed circuit boards, the z-axis interconnector having a leader portion and a connection portion, the connection portion contacting the vias upon assembly of the interconnector in the aligned vias, the method comprising: inserting the leader portion of the z-axis interconnector through the aligned vias to establish a starting position in which a terminal end of the leader portion extends beyond an outer one of the plurality of printed circuit boards; gripping the terminal end of the leader portion with a pinch and cut device when the z-axis interconnector is in the starting position; pulling the leader portion to move the connection portion of the z-axis interconnector through the plurality of aligned vias to a final position in which the connection portion contacts the aligned vias, by moving the pinch and cut device away from the outer one of the printed circuit boards while gripping the terminal end of the leader portion with the pinch and cut device; releasing the grip on the terminal end of the leader portion with the pinch and cut device after the z-axis interconnector is in the final position; positioning the pinch and cut device adjacent to the outer one of the printed circuit boards after the z-axis interconnector has been pulled into the final position and after the grip on the terminal end of the leader portion is released; and thereafter severing the leader portion from the connector portion at a position adjacent to the outer one of the printed circuit boards by use of the pinch and cut device.