Patent ID: 6976855

Claim:
A solder reserve electrical connector having a first location comprising a first electrical contact surface region to be soldered to an electrical contact of an electrical component, said first location lacking sufficient solder for effecting a robust solder joint between the first surface region and the component's electrical contact when the component and connector are reflowed in a subsequent step, the connector comprising: a) a second location on the connector and spaced from the first location and comprising an attached reserve amount of solidifed, reflowed solder, created during a previous step, sufficient for effecting a robust solder joint between the first surface region and the component's electrical contact when remelted during a subsequent step and transferred to the first location, b) the amount of the solidifed, reflowed solder reserve and its spacing from the first contact surface region being such that, upon heating the component and connector to the solder reflow temperature during the subsequent step, the solidifed, reflowed solder reserve will remelt and wick from its position at the second location to the first location such that upon cooling a robust solder joint between the first contact surface region and the component's electrical contact can be effected, c) the connector comprising an electrically-conductive pin and the first location on the pin comprising the first contact surface region, said pin first contact surface region being free of excess solder to prevent obstruction to the component's electrical contact when it engages the first contact surface region, d) the second location being an exposed recessed surface on an outer surface of the pin that is spaced from the first location but is connected to the first location by a continuous exposed conductive solder-wettable path on the outer surface of the electrically-conductive pin.