US 12,218,444 B2
Assembly fixture for press-fitting contact pins in a printed circuit board assembly
Pai-Ping Hsu, New Taipei (TW); and Shun-Wen Shih, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,163.
Prior Publication US 2024/0055786 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/7064 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly fixture for a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) comprising:
a bottom jig including:
a bottom housing with a guide aperture and a guide seat;
a guide pin slip fit with the guide aperture and extending out of one end of the bottom housing with a pin head resting against the guide seat;
a guide plug in the guide aperture sealing an opposing end of the bottom housing; and
a guide spring oriented between the guide pin and the guide plug, the guide spring to bias the pin head against the guide seat; and
a top jig including:
a top housing with a pin aperture, the pin aperture sized for a slip fit with a contact pin to-be press fit into the PCBA, the bottom jig to be aligned with the top jig such that the guide pin extends out of the bottom housing, through the PCBA, into the pin aperture of the top housing, and meeting the contact pin, the contact pin to be press-fit into the PCBA with the assembly fixture maintaining axial alignment.