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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
Tony C. Sass, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Paul A. Wormsbecher, Apex, NC (US);
Tony C. Sass, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Paul A. Wormsbecher, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A pin and a method of establishing contact between a pin and plating of a circuit board hole is provided. Embodiments include a pin comprising a pair of outwardly biased flexible beams that each extend from a body of the pin, the flexible beams connected at one end to one another at the body of the pin and separated from each other at an end opposite the end connected to the body, the separation between the pair of flexible beams forming an open slot, each flexible beam including a contact point that contacts the plating of the hole when the pin is inserted into the circuit board hole.