Patent ID: 6612023
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
A method comprising:providing a solder mound having a U-shaped lateral cross section disposed along a surface of a printed circuit board, the solder mound having a lateral bridge portion, and having both first and second arm extremities extending in a longitudinal direction away from the bridge portion along the surface of the printed circuit board; tapering the first and second arm extremities of the solder mound in the longitudinal direction away from the bridge portion along the surface of a printed circuit board, so as to form tapered solder mound extremities and a tapered solder mound aperture laterally therebetween; disposing a component lead proximate to the tapered solder mound aperture; and registering the component lead in the tapered solder mound aperture along the tapered solder mound extremities.