Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Chistopher B. Allenby
  • Patent number: 6174172
    Abstract: The electric contact unit 1 according to the present invention comprises an insulating base board 2 incorporated with resilient coil-shaped electroconductive members 3. Each of the coil-shaped electroconductive members 3 may include a small number of turns, for instance a single turn, of coil wire, and comprises an intermediate part secured to the base board 2 and a pair of axial projecting parts projecting from either side of the base board. The base board 2 is secured relative to a semiconductor device 4 and a circuit board 6 in such a manner that the two ends of each coil-shaped electroconductive member resiliently engage an electroconductive ball 5 serving as a terminal fixedly secured to a lower surface of the semiconductor device 4 by soldering, and a terminal pattern 7 formed on the circuit board 6 disposed opposite to the ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Kazama