Amphenol Corp Receives Patent for an Apparatus for Electrically and Mechanically Connecting a Printed Circuit Board to a Socket

New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- Amphenol Corp received Patent for an apparatus for electrically and mechanically connecting a printed circuit board to a socket on Oct. 3, 2008. The patent number issued by the Indian Patent Office is 223605.

Amphenol Corp had filed patent application number 3696/DELNP/2005 for an apparatus for electrically and mechanically connecting a printed circuit board to a socket on Aug. 22, 2005. The inventors of the patent are Leonard A Krantz Jr and Joseph D Magnam. The International classification number is H05K. The PCT International application number of the patent is PCT/US2004/004185 and the application was filed on Feb. 12, 2004. According to the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, "An apparatus for electrically and mechanically connecting a printed circuit board to a socket, characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a connector member comprising a shell and an insert disposed interiorly of said shell, wherein said insert has at least one longitudinally extending through hole; at least one electrical contact disposed interiorly through said through hole, said electrical contact comprising a tail portion adjacent the distal end of said electrical contact and wherein said tail comprises an undercut formed circumferentially around said distal end of said tail; and a printed circuit board comprising at least one contact receptacle, wherein said contact receptacle comprises a resilient conductive member and a longitudinally extending conducting through hole, wherein said conducting through hole is axially aligned with said through hole in said insert, wherein the other end of said resilient member engages a shoulder of said undercut on said tail." About the Company Amphenol is a manufacturer of interconnect products in the world. The Company designs, manufactures and markets electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, coaxial and flat-ribbon cable, and interconnect systems. The primary end markets for the Company's products are communications and information processing markets, including cable television, cellular telephone and data communication and information processing systems; aerospace and military electronics; and automotive, rail and other transportation and industrial applications.