Appeal No. 2006-2930
Application No. 10/299,198
connector to provide an additional path for heating airflow. As a result, all solder
joints of the connector are adequately and uniformly heated when the connector
is soldered to the circuit board.
Representative claim 7 is reproduced as follows:
7. An electrical connector for electrically connecting an electronic package to a
circuit substrate, the electrical connector comprising:
a base defining a plurality of receiving holes therethrough;
a plurality of terminals received in the receiving holes respectively, each of the
terminals having at least one heat-fusible element exposed out from a main
surface of the base;
at least one supporting portion for receiving a cam actuator, provided at least one
side of the base and extending along essentially a full length of said side; and
a cover slidably engaged on the base;
wherein at least one recess is defined in a bottom face of the at least one
supporting portion for facilitating heating airflow to reach the heat-fusible
elements.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Sinclair 5,092,789 Mar. 3, 1992
Appellant’s admitted prior art in Figs. 5-7 of the present application (“APA”).
The following rejection is on appeal before us:
Claims 7-11 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over APA in view of Sinclair.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the examiner, we make
reference to the brief and the answer for the respective details thereof.
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