Patent ID: 6162065
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A connector arrangement for joining a printed circuit board having an array of conductors spaced in a lateral direction on one surface, to a connector having a flex circuit with a corresponding array of conductors spaced in said lateral direction, comprising:a printed circuit board including a post rigidly projecting from said one surface of the board on each lateral side of the board conductor array, each post including an enlarged head having a cam profile;a connector beam assembly including,a rigid beam member situated behind the flex circuit and extending along the lateral spacing direction of the conductors,a compliant member directly supported by the beam member and interposed between the beam member and the flex circuit to provide compliant support for the array of flex circuit conductors,a slot in the beam member on each lateral side of the array of flex circuit conductors, shaped to receive a corresponding post, said slot having a rigid cam race for engaging the cam profile on the head of the post,whereby as the board is moved toward the connector, each post enters a respective slot and the cam profile on each head follows a predetermined path long a cam race, thereby urging the board array and the connector array into contact with each other.