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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2007
Jeffery W. Mason, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Wayne Stewart Alden, Iii, Whitman, MA (US);
Chuan Yue, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Shiraz Sameja, South Attleboro, MA (US);
Peter Wapenski, Foster, RI (US);
Vishwa N. Shukla, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Edward Macpherson, Attleboro, MA (US);
Robert D. Hilty, Harrisburg, PA (US);
George Chou, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Jeffery W. Mason, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Wayne Stewart Alden, III, Whitman, MA (US);
Chuan Yue, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Shiraz Sameja, South Attleboro, MA (US);
Peter Wapenski, Foster, RI (US);
Vishwa N. Shukla, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Edward MacPherson, Attleboro, MA (US);
Robert D. Hilty, Harrisburg, PA (US);
George Chou, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical interconnect device includes a substrate having opposite outer surfaces and an array of conductive elastomeric columns held by the substrate. Each of the columns have opposite ends that extend beyond respective ones of the outer surfaces of the substrate. Conductive contact caps are disposed over the opposite ends of each said column. An electrical path is defined from one of the contact caps, through the conductive elastomeric column, to another of the contact caps. Optionally, the contact caps may be sized and shaped substantially similarly as the ends of the elastomeric columns. The contact caps may be adhered to the ends of the columns, or alternatively, the contact caps may be adhered to the substrate.