Compliant electrical contact assembly

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2006-10-24

2006-10-24

Mayo, III, William H. (Department: 2831)

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Conduits, cables or conductors

Preformed panel circuit arrangement

C174S261000, C174S267000, C439S066000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07126062

ABSTRACT:
A compliant electrical contact assembly for temporarily interfacing two electrical devices. The assembly includes a contact having loops with axes forming with a closed coil with opposed contact points. The axes is angled from the direction of the compression force holding the assembly sandwiched between the electrical devices. The electrically shorted loops of the coil slide on the surfaces of one another as the compression force is applied, providing compliance. The contact can be made extremely small such that pitches in the micrometer range can be achieved with very low inductance values. The contact is installed in a through aperture in a dielectric panel such that the contact points extend from opposed openings of the aperture. Optionally, the aperture is filled with a compliant, conductive elastomer.

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