US 12,267,977 B2
Spacer element for a printed circuit board assembly
Kai Homann, Kelkheim (DE); Thomas Glass, Rockenhausen (DE); and Andreas Koepper, Buerstadt (DE)
Assigned to BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by BorgWarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/875,593.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 205 764.3 (DE), filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397358 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H05K 3/30 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/142 (2013.01) [H05K 1/14 (2013.01); H05K 3/301 (2013.01); H05K 2201/2036 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spacer element (1) for spacing at least one printed circuit board (30) from an opposite spacing surface, comprising:
a main body (10) having a first contact surface (12) for bearing against the at least one printed circuit board (30) and a second contact surface (14) for bearing against the spacing surface, wherein the main body (10) has a spacing length (L) between the first contact surface (12) and the second contact surface (14) along a main body axis (A), and wherein a passageway (16) extends through the main body (10) along the main body axis (A) from the first contact surface (12) to the second contact surface (14), and
a press-in element (20) arranged laterally to the main body axis (A) on the main body (10) and extending beyond the second contact surface (14),
wherein the spacer element (1) comprises an electrically conductive material for electrically conducting from at least the first contact surface (12) to the press-in element (20).