Patent ID: 6086385
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A connector assembly comprising:a housing having at least two alignment pin passages;a resilient member carried by said housing;a first slide member slideably attached to said housing and having a first slide cam surface;a second slide member slideably attached to said housing and having a second slide cam surface;a flexible circuit member attached to said housing and to said resilient member;a first guide pin received in one of the at least two alignment pin passages and a first pin guide portion and a first pin cam surface, connected to a mother board;a second guide pin received in the other one of the at least two alignment pin passages and having a second pin guide portion and a second pin cam surface, connected to the mother board;a linkage system including a first bottom link pivotally attached to said first slide member, a second bottom link pivotally attached to the second slide member and to the first bottom link and wherein the first and second bottom links hold the first slide cam surface in contact with the first pin cam surface and urge said housing toward the mother board, hold the second slide cam surface in contact with the second pin cam surface and urge said housing toward the mother board thereby compressing said resilient member and forming a plurality of electrical circuits between the flexible circuit member and the mother board and wherein the resilient member urges the first bottom link and the second bottom link toward at least one stop surface thereby locking the housing to the mother board.