Low Resistance, Multi-Contact Point Pin
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTony C. Sass, Paul A. Wormsbecher
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Abstract
A low resistance, multi-contact point pin, configured for insertion into a pin receptacle having an electrically conductive plating, where the pin includes: a surface and more than one electrically conductive extrusion from the surface of the pin, with each extrusion extruding substantially orthogonal to a direction of insertion of the pin into the pin receptacle, and where the extrusions configured to electrically couple, with parallel resistance, the pin to the electrically conductive plating of the pin receptacle.
Claims23
A low resistance, multi-contact point pin, the pin configured for insertion into a pin receptacle having an electrically conductive plating, the pin comprising:
- a surface;
- and
- a plurality of electrically conductive extrusions from the surface of the pin, each extrusion extruding substantially orthogonal to a direction of insertion of the pin into the pin receptacle, the plurality of extrusions configured to electrically couple, with parallel resistance, the pin to the electrically conductive plating of the pin receptacle.
A printed circuit board comprising:
- a pin receptacle having an electrically conductive plating, the pin receptacle configured to receive an electrically conductive pin, the pin comprising:
- a surface, and
- a plurality of electrically conductive extrusions from the surface of the pin, each extrusion extruding substantially orthogonal to a direction of insertion of the pin into the pin receptacle, the plurality of extrusions configured to electrically couple, with parallel resistance, the pin to the electrically conductive plating of the pin receptacle.
A method of manufacturing a low resistance, multi-contact point pin, the method comprising:
- providing an electrically conductive source material;
- and
- stamping, from the electrically conductive source material, a pin, wherein the pin comprises:
- a surface, and
- a plurality of electrically conductive extrusions from the surface of the pin, each extrusion extruding substantially orthogonal to a direction of insertion of the pin into the pin receptacle, the plurality of extrusions configured to electrically couple, with parallel resistance, the pin to the electrically conductive plating of the pin receptacle.
A low resistance connector comprising:
- a plurality of low resistance, multi-contact point pins, wherein each pin comprises:
- a surface, and
- a plurality of electrically conductive extrusions from the surface of the pin, each extrusion extruding substantially orthogonal to a direction of insertion of the pin into a pin receptacle, the plurality of extrusions configured to electrically couple, with parallel resistance, the pin to the electrically conductive plating of the pin receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.