Patent ID: 6253451
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of providing an electrical connection between a planar electrical device having an upper and a lower surface and a printed circuit board having an upper and a lower surface comprising:(a) providing an insulative body comprising a leg portion having a rear side and a lower end and a top portion having a front end and extending generally perpendicularly from said leg portion to said front end, and fixing a conductive element in generally parallel relation to the top portion;(b) bending the conductive element adjacent the front end of the top portion downwardly and rearwardly to form a cantilevered spring contact generally beneath the top portion;(c) bending the conductive element downwardly to form a resilient section having a terminal contact adjacent the leg portion of the insulative body and fixing said resilient section of said conductive element to said leg portion adjacent said terminal contact;(d) then positioning the insulative body and the conductive element such that a lower surface of the top portion of the insulative body is superimposed over the upper surface of the planar electrical device so that the cantilevered spring contact engages the upper surface of the planar electrical device and the lower end of the leg portion is superimposed over the upper surface of the printed circuit board so that the terminal contact of the resilient section engages the printed circuit board.