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US 2026/0254144 A1Published application
Electrical interposer
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorsDaniel R. BIRCH, Troy B. HOLLAND
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Abstract
An electrical interposer includes an electrical conductor, an inner wall that circumscribes the electrical conductor, an outer wall that circumscribes the inner wall, and a connecting structure provided between the inner wall and the outer wall.
Claims23
1:
- An electrical interposer comprising:
- an electrical conductor;
- an inner wall that circumscribes the electrical conductor and that includes an outer surface and an inner surface;
- an outer wall that circumscribes the inner wall and that includes an outer surface and an inner surface;
- and
- a connecting structure between the inner wall and the outer wall, wherein
- the electrical conductor and the inner wall twist when the electrical interposer is compressed.
4 more elements
2:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein each of the inner wall and the outer wall has a tubular shape.
3:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 2, wherein the inner wall and the outer wall are concentric.
4:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein the connecting structure is not electrically conductive.
5:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein the electrical conductor is defined by a lattice structure that includes void spaces and struts extending from the outer surface of the inner wall.
6:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein the connecting structure is defined by a lattice structure that includes void spaces and struts extending from and between the outer surface of the inner wall and the inner surface of the outer wall.
7:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein the electrical conductor includes an opening that receives a mating conductor.
8:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein each of the electrical conductor, the inner wall, the outer wall, and the connecting structure includes a same material.
9:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 8, wherein the material of each of the electrical conductor, the inner wall, the outer wall, and the connecting structure includes a 3D-printed material.
10:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein the electrical conductor includes an electrically conductive coating.
11:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the inner wall includes an electrically conductive coating.
12:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the outer wall includes an electrically conductive coating.
13:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 5, wherein the struts are arranged in a twisted pattern or in a radial, spiral pattern.
(canceled)
15:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 13, wherein the electrical conductor includes an opening to receive a mating conductor.
16:
- The electrical interposer according to claim 15, wherein the electrical conductor include teeth that engage the mating conductor when the electrical interposer receives the mating conductor.
17-55. (canceled)
56:
- An electrical interposer comprising first electrical conductor that extends along a first longitudinal axis and twists or spins or rotates about the first longitudinal axis when the first electrical conductor is compressed.
57:
- An electrical interposer of claim 56, further comprising a third electrical conductor that extends along a second longitudinal axis and twists for spins or rotates about the second longitudinal axis when the third electrical conductor is compressed.
58:
- The electrical interposer of claim 57, wherein the first and the third electrical conductors twist or spin or rotate in a same direction.
59:
- The electrical interposer of claim 57, wherein the first and the third electrical conductors twist or spin or rotate in opposite directions.
60:
- An electrical interposer that is compressible along a longitudinal axis comprising an electrical conductor and means for rotating at least a portion of the electrical conductor about the longitudinal axis.
61:
- The electrical interposer of claim 60, wherein the electrical interposer includes a cured polymer or a cured photopolymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.