Patent ID: 6433956
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G11B,H01R

Abstract:
A connector for electrically connecting a spindle motor in a hard disk drive to a printed circuit board, comprising:an elongated insulative body having a motor end and a card end, the body being adapted to be mounted to a baseplate of the hard disk drive; a fastener for securing the body to a baseplate; at least one electrical conductor extending through the body from the motor end to the card end; a first resilient contact on the motor end of the electrical conductor which is adapted to make compressive contact with a contact pad on the spindle motor when the body is secured to the baseplate; a second resilient contact on the card end of the electrical conductor which is adapted to make compressive contact with a contact pad on the printed circuit board when the body is secured to the baseplate; and a tab extending from the motor end of the body which is adapted to interact with an element of the hard disk drive to bias the first resilient contact into engagement with the contact pad on the spindle motor when the connector is installed in the hard disk drive.