US 11,867,812 B2
Apparatus and methods for aligning devices for LIDAR systems
David S. Hall, Oakland, CA (US); Anand Gopalan, Foster City, CA (US); Cristhian Octavio Reyes, San Jose, CA (US); Thomas Richardson Tewell, Austin, TX (US); and Mathew Noel Rekow, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,430.
Application 17/521,430 is a continuation of application No. 16/881,966, filed on May 22, 2020, granted, now 11,169,267.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,447, filed on May 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057510 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 1/14 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2020.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 17/10 (2013.01) [H01R 12/70 (2013.01); H05K 1/0274 (2013.01); H05K 1/14 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a secondary device; and
a coupling device coupled to the secondary device,
wherein the coupling device comprises a plurality of conductive members, including at least a first conductive member and a second conductive member,
wherein each of the conductive members comprises a first end configured to electrically and mechanically couple to a primary circuit board and a second end electrically and mechanically coupled to the secondary device,
wherein the first end of the first conductive member is coupled to a first side of the primary circuit board, and the first end of the second conductive member is coupled to a second side of the primary circuit board, the second side of the primary circuit board being opposite to the first side of the primary circuit board, and
wherein each of the plurality of conductive members has an attribute adjustable in response to a condition being added to the respective conductive member, and is configured to maintain the adjusted attribute after the condition is removed.