Richard H Dressman

US Patent:

8273996, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

Jul 23, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/508236

Inventors:

Keith Bryan Hardin - Lexington KY, US
Richard Herman Dressman - Lexington KY, US
John Thomas Fessler - Lexington KY, US
Paul Kevin Hall - Lexington KY, US
Brian Lee Naily - Nicholasville KY, US

Assignee:

Lexmark International, Inc. - Lexington KY

International Classification:

H05K 1/11

US Classification:

174267

Abstract:

A Z-directed connector component for insertion into a printed circuit board and providing electrical connections to internal conductive planes contained with the PCB and/or to external conductive traces on the surface of the PCB. In one embodiment the Z-directed component is housed within the thickness of the PCB allowing other components to be mounted over it. The body of the Z-directed connector component may contain one or more conductors and may include one or more surface channels or wells extending along at least a portion of the length of the body. Methods for mounting Z-directed components are also provided.