Patent ID: 7104805
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An assembly, comprising: a pair of printed circuit boards each having a first side, a second side, and an aperture therethrough, the aperture being at least partially surrounded by an electrical conductor on the first side of each printed circuit board of the pair of printed circuit boards; a fastener that extends through the aperture of each printed circuit board; an electrically conductive spacer disposed about the fastener and between each printed circuit board; and a nut to engage a distal portion of the fastener and force the spacer into electrical contact with the electrical conductor disposed on the first side of each printed circuit board; wherein the spacer includes a retaining feature constructed to retain the spacer about the fastener after extension of the fastener through the aperture in a first printed circuit board of the pair of printed circuit boards and prior to extension of the fastener through the aperture in a second printed circuit board of the pair of printed circuit boards; and wherein electrical contact between the spacer and the electrical conductor disposed on the first side of each printed circuit board can be effected with access from only one of the two second sides of the pair of printed circuit boards.