Patents Examined by Neal Abrams
  • Contact carrying spring member
    Patent number: 4052118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to spring members positioned in an insulated housing for providing an electrical path from leadless integrated circuit package to a printed circuit board. More particularly the spring members are uniquely constructed in a complex geometric shape to exert forces on contact mating surfaces within closely specified maximum and minimum values and not distort the housing or the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: William Samuel Scheingold, Frank Christian Youngfleish