Patent ID: 6031730
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:an electrically conductive member having opposing ends and a connection lead at each end thereof, each said connection lead adapted to be connected to a connection location of an associated circuit board, said conductive member having a flexible bridging portion between said connection leads, said bridging portion being constructed and arranged to have a first linear dimension between said leads in an unbiased condition and being capable of being expanded to have an expanded linear dimension between the leads greater than said first linear dimension, and being compressed to have a compressed linear dimension between the leads less than said expanded linear dimension, whereby one circuit board may be moved with respect to the other circuit board so that the circuit boards may lie proximate each other in spaced relation with said circuit boards being movable toward and away from each other to adjust the orientation of each with respect to the other,said connector further comprising a carrier operatively associated with said connective member, said carrier having a first and second support members disposed proximate to and supportive of said opposite ends of said connective member while said flexible bridging portion is arranged in said unbiased condition to maintain said opposite ends in spaced relationship, said first and second support members in detachable flexible communication with each other, whereby flexing of said carrier permits said circuit boards to be reoriented with respect to each other while maintaining said flexible bridging portion in its unbiased linear dimension, and whereby detachment of said first and second support members from each other permits said bridging portion to be expanded and compressed as said circuit boards are moved toward and away from each other to further adjust the respective orientation thereof.