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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Applicants:
Atsuhito Noda, Fujisawa, JP;
Shigeyuki Hoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Hadano, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Multiple small conductive and flexible hollow rings, each of which is made from a pliable material, provide a flexible connection medium for use between a substrate and a microelectronic device package. Each ring is formed to have at least one protuberance on the a ring's exterior surface. The protuberance has an apex or point, which when placed against a surface, will scrub or scrape the surface as the ring is compressed by a force acting on the ring radially. By scrubbing a contact surface with the apex, surface contaminants and layered material that might interfere with electrical signals can be removed.