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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1995
Michael Frederick Laub, Etters, PA (US);
David Joseph Goetzinger, Camp Hill, PA (US);
James Stover Hileman, Jr, Carlisle, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A zero insertion force electrical connector (60) having a housing (61) which includes a support block (62) reciprocably mounted therein. The housing (61) also includes a contact array (65) with a plurality of contact elements (66,67) extending therefrom for electrical engagement with circuit traces (63a,64a) on printed circuit boards (63,64). The contact array (65) includes a flexible etched circuit (76) thereon for signal transmission and impedance matching; and the contact elements (66,67) include arcuate sections (66a,66b,67a,67b) for ensuring compliancy, conformity, and contact wiping action at the electrical contact interfaces.