Patent ID: 7842170
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: C25D,H01R

Abstract:
1. An electroplating apparatus comprising: an electrolyte reservoir having an electrolyte solution therein; a compartment positioned within the reservoir and filled with the electrolyte solution; an upper manifold covering and sealing the compartment; a plurality of plating cartridges extending upwardly from the upper manifold, each of the plating cartridges terminating with a contact; an insulator platen positioned above the compartment and spaced apart therefrom; a plurality of contactors fixed to the insulator platen, a lower extremity of each one of the contactors positioned in contact with an upper extremity of one of the contacts; an electrolyte recirculation pump engaged with the compartment and enabled for pressurizing the electrolyte solution within the compartment thus forcing the electrolyte solution to rise and flow through the plating cartridges; an anode positioned within the electrolyte solution within the compartment; and a power supply electrically interconnected with the anode and with each of the contactors for providing an electroplating current.