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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1998
David R Crotzer, Nashua, NH (US);
Stephen D DelPrete, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Thomas & Betts International, Inc., Sparks, NV (US);
Abstract
A board-to-board interconnect socket (40) provides electrical interconnection between printed circuit boards (50, 52). Resilient metalized particle interconnects (28) are disposed in holes in a rigid substrate (14) of desired thickness. Each resilient interconnect (28) includes first and second cap members (18, 20) that extend from opposing ends of the hole and beyond the respective surfaces of the substrate. The first and second cap members (18, 20) may be connected with a stem member (22) or conductive paste (34) that is disposed inside the hole. The hole may be lined with conductive material (26) such as conductive plating to facilitate conduction of electricity.