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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2006
Rakesh Batish, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Richard M. Pointer, Media, PA (US);
Rakesh Batish, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Richard M. Pointer, Media, PA (US);
Antares Advanced Test Technologies, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Abstract
An interconnect assembly is provided for electrically connecting first and second circuit members. Each of the circuit members comprises an array of electrical contacts. The interconnect assembly includes a plurality of compressible electrical conductors having opposite ends respectively configured for contacting the electrical contacts of the first and second circuit members. The interconnect assembly also includes a carrier defining a plurality of apertures for receiving the conductors and at least one retainer contacting each conductor. Each of the retainers has a maximum diameter that is greater than a minimum diameter of the apertures such that a portion of each conductor is retained within one of the apertures.