Patent ID: 7025604

Claim:
An apparatus for electrically connecting first and second printed circuit boards in an approximate parallel configuration at a stand-off distance comprising: at least one element positioned between each said printed circuit board for supporting said printed circuit boards at said stand-off distance; and a plurality of pins where each of said plurality of pins includes an electrically conductive first end having a first diameter adapted for insertion into a respective hole in said first printed circuit board, an electrically conductive second end having a second diameter adapted for insertion into a respective hole in said second printed circuit board; and a first portion having a length extending from said first board towards said second board, where said length is less than said stand-off distance, and having a diameter greater than said first diameter, said first portion extending from a first surface having said first end extending therefrom to a second surface having said second end extending therefrom, said first surface is adapted for abutting said first board when said first end is inserted into said hole of said first board, such that when said first surface is abutting said first board and said second board is positioned at said stand-off distance from said first board and said second end is inserted into said second board, a portion of said second end of a length equal to the stand-off distance less the length of said first portion extends above said second board so as to create a gap between said second surface of said first portion and said opposing surface of said second board, said gap equal to the stand-off distance less the length of said first portion.