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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Tsuyoshi Haga, Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Tsuyoshi Haga, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A micro terminal for inspection or installation with high connection reliability is provided at lower cost. A micro terminal according to the present invention has electrical conduction between the micro terminal and an electrode of an electronic device or an inspection device and includes a columnar contactor in contact with the electrode. The contactor has a spring structure which is elastically deformed when pressed against the electrode. The contactor includes a protrusion protruding outwardly at its end in contact with the electrode and the shape of the protrusion has a part of a sphere or a part of a paraboloid of revolution.