Patent ID: 6497582
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A land grid array connector assembly comprisinga printed circuit board including a first array of contacts presented at the surface thereof; a circuit module including a second array of contacts; a generally planar connector having a multiplicity of vias extending therethrough and presenting at each surface a compressible, projecting contact to form a third array of contacts at one connector surface adapted to be aligned with said printed circuit board first array of contacts which are respectively connected through said vias to a fourth array of contacts at the connector surface opposite said one connector surface adapted to be aligned with said circuit module second array of contacts; gasket means supported on and adhered to said one connector surface surrounding said third array of contacts as an integral portion of said connector and disposed between said circuit module and said printed circuit board in the assembled condition of said land grid array connector assembly electrically connecting said first array of contacts respectively to said second array of contacts; aligning means for positioning said first array of contacts respectively in alignment with said third array of contacts and said second array of contacts respectively in alignment with said fourth array of contacts; and clamping means for urging said circuit module toward said printed circuit board to compressively retain said aligned contact arrays and said connector therebetween, whereby said first array of contacts is respectively electrically connected to said second array of contacts and said gasket means forms a contamination excluding enclosure about said first and third arrays of contacts.