US 11,735,879 B2
Adaptor for converting a ball grid array interface into a pin interface
John Carl Holloway, Fort Myers, FL (US); Bradford James Brown, Highland, UT (US); and Donovan M. Finnestad, Clackamas, OR (US)
Assigned to ATL TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Springville, UT (US)
Filed by ATL Technology, LLC, Springville, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/488,098.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,776, filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0294166 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 31/06 (2013.01) [H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 12/727 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical device comprising:
a printed circuit board, comprising a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface opposite the first mounting surface, a mounting edge perpendicular to the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface, and a plurality of mounting pads on at least one of the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface;
an electrical component, comprising a ball grid array, having spaced apart solder balls, on a component mounting surface of the electrical component that is perpendicular to the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface; and
an adaptor, interposed between the mounting edge of the printed circuit board and the component mounting surface of the electrical component and comprising a body, made of an electrically non-conductive material, and a plurality of electrical pins, made of an electrically conductive material and passing at least partially through the body of the adaptor,
wherein:
each one of the plurality of electrical pins comprises a first end comprising an electrical contact surface and a second end comprising an electrical contact surface;
the first end of each one of the plurality of electrical pins is electrically directly mounted to a corresponding one of the spaced apart solder balls; and
the second end of each one of the plurality of electrical pins is electrically directly mounted to a corresponding one of the plurality of mounting pads.