Patent ID: 8118611
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first plurality of press-fit pins comprising more than five press-fit pins; a second plurality of press-fit pins comprising more than five press-fit pins; a first rigid printed circuit structure having a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion, wherein a first plurality of through holes extends through the first coupling portion, each of the first plurality of press-fit pins engages a corresponding respective one of the first plurality of through holes thereby extending outward from a side of the first rigid printed circuit structure, wherein a second plurality of through holes extends through the second coupling portion, wherein each of the second plurality of press-fit pins engages a corresponding respective one of the second plurality of through holes thereby extending outward from the side of the first rigid printed circuit structure, the first rigid printed circuit structure further comprising a plurality of conductors, wherein none of the plurality of conductors is longer than two inches, wherein each respective one of the conductors extends from one of the first plurality of through holes to a corresponding respective one of the second plurality of through holes, wherein the first rigid printed circuit structure has a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge extends in a first direction, wherein the second edge extends in a second direction, wherein some of the first plurality of through holes are aligned along the first edge, and wherein some of the second plurality of through holes are aligned along the second edge; a second rigid printed circuit structure having a plurality of through holes, wherein the first plurality of press-fit pins engages the plurality of through holes of the second rigid printed circuit structure thereby fixing the second rigid printed circuit structure to the first rigid printed circuit structure; and a third rigid printed circuit structure having a plurality of through holes, wherein the second plurality of press-fit pins engages the plurality of holes of the third rigid printed circuit structure thereby fixing the third rigid printed circuit structure to the first rigid printed circuit structure.