Spring plate for attaching bus bar to a printed circuit board

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9178288-B2
Application number	US-201313913358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2013
Priority date	Jun 7, 2013
Publication date	Nov 3, 2015
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015

Abstract

Bus bar or power connector connections that are reliable and provide a reduced connection impedance. One example may provide a reliable connection by providing a spring plate. The spring plate may be arranged to hold a bus bar or other power conductor to a printed circuit board. The spring plate may further include an opening for a fastener, where the fastener is used to secure the bus bar to the printed circuit board. In this way, the spring plate may secure the bus bar to the printed circuit board in the event that the fastener is loosened or missing, thereby increasing the reliability of the bus bar connection. Further, the spring plate may provide an additional current path, thereby reducing the impedance of the bus bar connection.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spring plate comprising:
a top plate including a plurality of fingers;
a bottom plate including a plurality of fingers;
a first opening between the top plate and the bottom plate; and
a second opening in the bottom plate to accept a fastener,
wherein the spring plate is arranged to accept a power conductor inserted in the first opening, and
wherein the fingers on the bottom plate are biased in a first direction and the fingers on the top plate a…

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Gao Zheng
• Miletich Aaron

Classifications

• H01R12/7088 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05K3/325

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R4/4809 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05K2201/10272

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R4/4823

  Electricity · mapped topic