Electrical interconnection devices incorporating redundant contact points for reducing capacitive stubs and improved signal integrity
AssigneeInterconnect Portfolio LLC
InventorsGary Yasumura, Joseph Fjelstad, Kevin Grundy, William Wiedemann, Matthew Stepovich
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Abstract
An electrical interconnection device for establishing redundant contacts between the ends of two conductive elements to be mated, creating a electrical interconnection without capacitive stubs.
Claims35
An electrical interconnection assembly comprising:
- a first mounting structure;
- a first conductive element having (i) fixed section and a first curved resilient section, wherein fixed section is secured to the mounting structure and the first curved resilient section is not secured to the mounting structure, (iii) a first tip formed at a distal end of the first curved resilient section, (iv) a landing zone disposed along at least a portion of the first curved resilient section;
- a second conductive element having a second tip and a second landing zone, wherein the second tip is in electrical contact with the first landing zone, and the first tip is in electrical contact with the second landing zone.
The electrical interconnection device of claim 18 wherein the first conductive element is configured such that, as a force is applied to the device, a distance across the electrically conductive closed loop decreases from a point on the first conductive element to a point on the second conductive element, the first migrates along the second landing zone, creating contact wipe.
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An electrical interconnection device comprising:
- mounting means;
- and
- a first conductive element having a fixed section and at least one curved resilient section extending outward from the fixed section, the fixed section being secured to the mounting structure and wherein the first conductive element further includes (i) means for contacting a landing zone of a counterpart conductive element, (ii) means, disposed along the length of the first conductive element, for receiving a tip of the counterpart conductive element, and (iii) a contact-free region disposed between the means for contacting the landing zone and the means for receiving the tip.
A method for forming at least one electrical connection including a first electrical connection between a first conductive member and a second conductive member, the first conductive member having a first curved resilient section extending outward from a fixed member secured to a first mounting structure, the first curved resilient section further having with a first end terminating in a first tip, the second conductive member having second tip, the method comprising:
- engaging the first tip with the second conductive member;
- and
- engaging the second tip with the first conductive member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.