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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2011
Keith J. Breinlinger, San Ramon, CA (US);
Benjamin N. Eldridge, Danville, CA (US);
Eric D. Hobbs, Livermore, CA (US);
Michael J. Armstrong, Danville, CA (US);
John K. Gritters, Livermore, CA (US);
Keith J. Breinlinger, San Ramon, CA (US);
Benjamin N. Eldridge, Danville, CA (US);
Eric D. Hobbs, Livermore, CA (US);
Michael J. Armstrong, Danville, CA (US);
John K. Gritters, Livermore, CA (US);
FormFactor, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrically conductive contact element can include a first base and a second base with elongate, spaced apart leaves between the bases. A first end of each leaf can be coupled to the first base and an opposite second end of the leaf can be coupled to the second base. A body of the leaf between the first end and the second end can be sufficiently elongate to respond to a force through said contact element substantially parallel with the first axis and the second axis by first compressing axially while said force is less than a buckling force and then bending while said force is greater than the buckling force.