Support member assembly having reinforcement member for conductive contact members
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorToshio Kazama
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Abstract
Provided is a support member assembly suitable for use in a contact probe head comprising a support member formed with a plurality of holder holes for supporting conductive contact members in a mutually parallel relationship, and a reinforcing member integrally formed with the support member and extending in a part of the support member devoid of any holder holes. The reinforcing member increases the overall mechanical strength of the support member assembly, and prevents the thermal deformation of the support member. Because the holder holes are formed in the support member made of material suitable for forming holes, such as plastic material and ceramic material, the holder holes can be formed at high precision and at low cost.
Claims9
A support member assembly suitable for use in a contact probe head or the like for contacting an object to be contacted, comprising:
- a reinforcing member extending in a plane and having a certain thickness, the reinforcing member defining at least one opening extending across the thickness thereof;
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- a support member made of plastic material and filling the opening defined in the reinforcing member, the support member being formed with a plurality of holder holes extending across a thickness thereof and substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the reinforcing member for supporting conductive contact members in a mutually parallel relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.