Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Plural-contact coupling part
Patent
1995-06-05
1997-06-03
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Plural-contact coupling part
H01R 2302
Patent
active
056348215
ABSTRACT:
An electrical interconnect system includes a support element; and an array of groups of multiple electrically conductive contacts arranged on the support element such that at least one contact of each group includes a front surface facing outwardly and away from that group along a line initially intersected by a side surface of a contact from another one of the groups of the array. The groups may be arranged in a configuration such that the array has a density of at least 500, 600, or 1,000 contacts per square inch. One array may include groups of contacts (11) arranged around insulative buttresses (12), as shown in FIG. 5a, for example, and the other array may include groups of flexible beam contacts (31), as shown in FIG. 20, for example. Further, a group of contacts may include a zero-insertion-force component 60 having a bulbous member 64 for spreading apart the groups of contacts, as shown in FIGS. 24(a) and 24(b).
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