Assembly for mounting a bridge rectifier to a printed wiring board

摘要

The problem of locating a bridge rectifier on a printed wiring board and doing so economically is solved and a technical advance achieved by an assembly comprised of a first member mounted directly on the printed wiring board and a second member which connects a bridge rectifier to the first member. The first member has a first set of discrete contacts adapted to be soldered to conductive paths on the printed wiring board and a second set of contacts each coupled to one of the first set of contacts. The first member supports an opening that extends therethrough and is sized to accept a bridge rectifier. The second member supports a third set of contacts which are adapted to engage the second set of contacts and a fourth set of contacts each one of which is electrically coupled to one of the third set of contacts. The fourth set of contacts are spaced to engage the contacts of a bridge rectifier and are located to position the bridge rectifier within the opening of the first member, or are located to position the bridge rectifier beyond the opening of the first member. In addition, the fourth set of contacts can be two sets of contacts for positioning the bridge rectifier on either side of the second member.