Abstract: To provide a right angle type spring connector in which a caulking work is not necessary, the number of components is small, and electric connection is reliably maintained. The right angle type spring connector is configured as follows. A tube is formed with a narrowed portion so as to allow a distal end portion of a pin to project therefrom and prevent the pin from coming out. A connecting portion disposed on the tube and extending to a mounting surface and amounting surface abutting portion extending along the mounting surface are formed integrally with each other, and an engaging portion is provided on the mounting surface abutting portion. A holder is formed with a bottomed hole so as to allow the tube to be inserted. A locking portion is formed on the holder so as to engage the engaging portion in a state in which the tube is inserted into the bottomed hole.

Abstract: A jack connector includes pairs of jack signal contacts and jack ground contacts arranged alternately, and a plug connector includes pairs of plug signal contacts and plug ground contacts arranged alternately. Respective contacts of each pair of jack signal contacts come into contact with respective contacts of each pair of plug signal contacts, and each jack ground contact comes into contact with each plug ground contact. In a first contact structure, each jack ground contact comes into contact with each plug ground contact at a first position, and in a second contact structure each jack ground contact comes into contact with each plug ground contact at a second position apart from the first position along an extending direction of the plug ground contact.

Abstract: A contact insert for a connecting terminal of a multiplicity of mutually isolated connection elements, designed in particular for printed circuit boards, with a spring force element being mounted symmetrically, with the spring force element designed with a simple section geometry and its simple mounting together with the advantageous connection to the contact insert, results in a closed terminal cage which makes it possible to reduce the physical height of the dielectric housing to a major The connecting terminal is used as a linking element in printed circuit board connection technology for providing a reliable supply to industrial electronics and economic individual wiring on printed circuits.

Abstract: A conductive-contact holder base accommodates at least a signal conductive-contact that is a conductive contact for performing input and output of a signal for a predetermined circuit configuration and a ground conductive-contact that is a conductive contact for supplying a ground potential to the predetermined circuit configuration. A holder base is formed of a conductive material, including a first opening for accommodating the signal conductive-contact; and a second opening for accommodating the ground conductive-contact while maintaining an electrical connection with the ground conductive-contact. An insulating member covers an inner surface of the first opening.

Abstract: An electrical connector for transmitting data signals between the insulated conductors of a first data cable and corresponding insulated conductors of a second data cable, including a socket shaped to at least partially receive a plug of said first data cable; and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket for electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the first cable, wherein one or more of the spring finger contacts have end sections having a first cross-sectional area, and one or more of the spring finger contacts have end sections having a second cross-sectional area that is less than that the first cross-sectional area.

Abstract: A probe block assembly includes a block and a cable terminated to a coaxial connector that is configured to electrically communicate with a plurality of probes inserted in the block. The coaxial connector includes a connector signal contact configured to separably connect to a first probe that is insertable into an aperture of the block and insulated from the block, and a resilient ground beam configured to commonly ground one or more second probes inserted in the block.

Abstract: An improved medical lead assembly and method of use is provided. The lead assembly includes a lead body, and a spring member positioned adjacent to the lead body. The spring member may be deployed a selectable amount to maintain the lead body in a fixed location within a patient's body. The spring member may be an expandable coil, a mesh structure that is similar to a stent, or any other similar device that may be positioned in a low-profile state during a lead implant procedure. After the lead is positioned at a target destination, the spring member may be deployed an amount that is selected based on the characteristics of the surrounding tissue, including vessel size. According to one aspect of the invention, the lead assembly may provide means for facilitating chronic lead extraction.

Abstract: A probing apparatus can include a plurality of contact probes, which can be of a type that is disposed along an axis. Each contact probe can include a contact portion, a base portion, and resilient portion. Multiple arms can form the resilient portion, which can be disposed between the contact portion and the base portion. The contact probes can be configured to twist when compressed. The probing apparatus can also include a substrate with through holes, and the contact probes can be inserted into the through holes. The resilient portion of each of the contact probes can bias the contact portion such that at least a portion of the contact portion extends out of a through hole.

Abstract: A probe connector has a barrel having a main body which defines a chamber therein, and a base connected with one end of the main body. The main body has an opening at a middle portion thereof. A plunger is mounted to the barrel and partly exposes from the other end of the main body. A wrapping element surrounds an outer periphery of the main body. A resting element has a resting portion of arc shape, and two fixing slices extended opposite to each other from two ends of the resting portion. The resting portion projects into the chamber of the barrel through the opening. The fixing slices are sandwiched between the barrel and the wrapping element. The resting portion rests against a side of the plunger when the plunger is pressed downwards to deflect to contact an inner surface of the main body by an opposite side thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a sheath for a flexible electrical contact that is incorporated within a sound reproduction device. The sheath preferably includes at least one opening at each end of the sheath to enable the sheath to be worn over the electrical contact with each opening having a thickened periphery ring. The main body of the sheath may be either a cylindrical shape or a conical shape. It is advantageous that the sheath damps a resonance vibration of the flexible electrical contact during operation of the sound reproduction device when the sheath is worn over the flexible electrical contact. The flexible electrical contact may be incorporated within a battery compartment of the sound reproduction device. A corresponding method of using the sheath is also disclosed.

Abstract: A contact includes: an insulating housing, including a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, and formed with an insertion hole parallel to the first face and the second face, the first face formed with a first slit extending in an axial direction of the insertion hole, the insertion hole opening through the first slit; an electrically conductive case, formed with a second slit extending in the axial direction, and inserted into the insertion hole, the second slit facing the second face, a part of the case projected from the first face through the first slit; an electrically conductive plunger, disposed in the case, and having a distal end portion projected from the case; and a spring coil, disposed in the case, and urging the plunger in the axial direction.

Abstract: A contact device for use with a power semiconductor component in a power semiconductor module or a disc-type thyristor, the module or thyristor having a molded body with a first recess disposed above the component. The contact device makes electrical contact with the auxiliary connection of the component, and is disposed within a second recess in the module or thyristor. The contact device includes a spring having a pin-like extension at a first end thereof that faces the component and a metal molded body that is arranged at the opposite end thereof and has a first connecting device formed as a flat section of the metal molded body. The flat section is arranged generally parallel to the component, and has a second connecting device for connection to a connecting cable. The connecting device may also have a multipart insulating housing for holding the contact spring and the metal molded body.

Abstract: An electrical connector has a non-conductive outer housing and a spring-loaded conductive assembly mounted within. The non-conductive outer housing has a longitudinal axis along which the spring-loaded conductive assembly is allowed to move over a limited range, in either direction. The conductive assembly includes a conductive contact pad and an conductive elongated shaft which are mated together within the non-conductive outer housing. A spring mounted along the contact shaft and in abutment therewith biases the contact shaft in a direction away from the contact base. When the electrical connector is employed in a chamber lid of a chamber lid assembly having an integrated laminated heater, such as for use in conjunction with a wafer processing chamber, the spring biases a lower surface of the contact shaft against the heater.

Abstract: A first contact piece and a second contact piece interact to give a contact configuration. The second contact piece is singled-sided and can be reversibly deformed. In order to increase the contact pressure of the second contact piece onto the first contact piece, an additional pressure element is provided. The pressure element generates contact pressure acting upon the second contact piece via a deflecting device.

Abstract: A spring loaded microwave interconnector (SLMI). The SLMI includes a waveguide probe head having a first side and opposite thereto a second side, the sides transverse to a central axis. A spring loaded coax central conductor coupled to the probe head first side and provides a distal conductive tip. The coax central conductor extends along the central axis. A dielectric sleeve is disposed about the coax central conductor adjacent to the first side. The distal conductive tip extending beyond the dielectric sleeve when in an extended position and is about flush with the dielectric sleeve when in a compressed poison. An multiport waveguide to multiport PCB assembly utilizing a plurality of SLMIs wherein the multiport waveguide and PCB have curved contours is also disclosed.

Abstract: For the transmission of high-frequency signals >2,5 GHz or 5 Gbps by means of a separable plug connection, the invention proposes a symmetrically shaped electric contact (1, 1?) that features a contact body (4) with the contact side (3) with U-shaped spring legs (13), as well as a connection end (5). Contact domes (15) that are directed toward one another and feature contact zones (16) that are narrower than the material thickness of the spring legs (13) are integrally formed onto both spring legs (13). When joining the two electric contacts (1, 1?) that are mated while they are turned relative to one another by 90 degrees in the mating direction, the contact domes (15) or their contact zones (16) of one electric contact (1, 1?) engage into the contact body (4) of the other electric contact (1, 1?) in a paired fashion such that electric signals travel distances with identical transit times on one leg and on the other leg and so-called stub effects, i.e.

Abstract: An electrical pressure contact device includes a sleeve with a first end and a second end. A contact head is slideably mounted in the sleeve and has a first end protruding from the sleeve and a second end located in the sleeve. A connecting piece has an inner portion connected to an inner wall of the sleeve and an outer portion protruding from the second end of the sleeve. An axially extending bore in a first piece located in the sleeve receives an elongated member of a second piece. A band has a plurality of inwardly arching lamellae and is located in the bore. The elongated member is inserted in the band so that the lamellae rub against the elongated member. A biasing element in the sleeve surrounds the elongated member and urges the contact head away from the sleeve.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for electrically connecting a stinger into a network node may include installing a non-conductive force exerting means through a port of a closed node housing of a network node. The method may include extending the force exerting means from outside the node housing to within the interior of the network node and adjusting the force exerting means without accessing the interior of the node housing to exert a force on the conductor of a stinger installed within the interior of the network node to contact and forcibly bring the conductor of the stinger into electrical contact with an interface means installed within the interior of the network node to establish an electrical interface and seize the conductor of the stinger within the interior of the network node.

Abstract: Printed circuit boards and breadboard devices have contact pads and magnetic component connectors where connection between the contact pads and the magnetic component connectors are made by magnetic force. Either the contact pad or the magnetic component connector will be magnetic and the other will be made of a material to which a magnet will be attracted. For example, printed circuit boards, which usually have copper traces, include contact pads made of a material to which a magnet will be attracted. Circuit components are connected to magnetic component connectors having magnetic legs which then connect the components to the contact pads of the circuit board or breadboard device. This makes the connection of components to a printed circuit board or breadboard device fast and easy and provides for easy removal and replacement of components. Magnetic component connectors can also be configured to connect magnetically to one another.

Abstract: An electric connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of probe contacts and a plurality of terminals. The insulative housing has a plurality of mounting holes and a plurality of mounting slots. The mounting slots communicate respectively with and are perpendicularly to the mounting slots. The probe contacts are mounted respectively in the mounting holes. The terminals are mounted respectively in the mounting slots and respectively hold the probe contacts and each terminal has a fastening portion. The fastening portion is perpendicularly to and securely holds one probe contact. The terminal with the fastening portion is mounted perpendicularly on the probe contact instead of sliding longitudinally along the tubular body. Therefore, the terminal would not wear the probe contact.

Abstract: A contact includes a first contact pin (21) of a blade shape, a second contact pin (22) and a spring (23). The second contact pin includes a connecting portion (223) and a receiving portion (222) opposite to the connecting portion. The receiving portion defines a receiving space (224) to accommodate the first contact pin. The spring locates in the receiving space and allow the first contact pin to shift downwards and upwards therein.

Abstract: A connector (200) is provided that comprises a dielectric body (DB), pins (302), and a plate (800). Each pin is captured within DB (404) so as to extend therethrough. Each pin is defined by a pair of nubs (410, 510) extending from DB's opposing faces (408, 604), respectively. Each nub is movable along an axis aligned with an elongated length of the pin. The plate is formed of a planar conductive material secured to DB adjacent to a first opposing face. The plate comprises apertures through which the pins extend in a first direction. At least one aperture is sized and shaped to form an electrical connection between the plate and selected pins. Resilient spring fingers (RSF) are formed on a periphery of the plate. Each RSF (1006) extends away from DB in a direction between a plane defined by the first opposing face and first direction of the pins.

Abstract: In one embodiment a self-contained seizure mechanism comprises a plunger, a spring, and a retainer guide having means for movably securing the plunger to the retainer guide. The retainer guide may have a receiving slot for receiving wings of the plunger and fingers for retaining the wings to the retainer guide and archways to guide a stinger conductor into contact with a crown of the plunger. The plunger and retainer may be snap-fit together to provide a seizure assembly that may be dropped in a receiving hole of a node housing and positioned to engage a stinger conductor and urge the stinger conductor into contact with a connector button on a lock nut.

Abstract: A quick connector includes a main body externally provided with a bottom slot, an annular rib, and guiding recesses located above the annular rib, and internally defining a receiving space communicable at a lower end with the bottom slot via an opening; a lying U-shaped conductor extended through the opening with a lower end externally pressed against the bottom slot and an upper end located near an upper end of the receiving space for electrically connecting to an electric heating tube; and an elastic element mounted between the receiving space and the lying U-shaped conductor. The main body is mounted in an electric heating device via a mounting bracket engaged with the guiding recesses. With the elastic element, the lying U-shaped conductor may be elastically moved backward in the receiving space to enable convenient connecting or removing of the electric heating tube to or from the quick connector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connector comprising a housing, a spring biased contact surface facing in a front direction of said connector for establishing a contact with a connector counterpart, said contact surface being movable within a working area against a spring force from a first rest position to a second connecting position by a force directed to the contact surface upon establishing a contact with the connector counterpart. In order to achieve a connector which makes it possible to keep the contact force at an appropriate and substantially constant level, said connector comprises a rolled spring with an outer end protruding in said front direction of said connector; said protruding end is attached to the housing of said connector, whereby said rolled spring is at least partly unrolled when said contact surface is moved against the spring force.

Abstract: Printed circuit boards and breadboard devices have contact pads and magnetic component connectors where connection between the contact pads and the magnetic component connectors are made by magnetic force. Either the contact pad or the magnetic component connector will be magnetic and the other will be made of a material to which a magnet will be attracted. For example, printed circuit boards, which usually have copper traces, include contact pads made of a material to which a magnet will be attracted. Circuit components are connected to magnetic component connectors having magnetic legs which then connect the components to the contact pads of the circuit board or breadboard device. This makes the connection of components to a printed circuit board or breadboard device fast and easy and provides for easy removal and replacement of components. Magnetic component connectors can also be configured to connect magnetically to one another.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a mating end and a connector cavity extending from the mating end along a cavity axis. The housing has a panel wall including first and second sides with an opening extending therebetween and open to the connector cavity. An electrical connector is received in the connector cavity and includes a shell extending along a longitudinal axis. The shell has a flange extending radially outward therefrom that engages the first side of the panel wall. The shell has a groove extending at least partially circumferentially around the shell. A washer is held within the groove of the shell and has a washer engagement surface. A spring concentrically surrounds a portion of the shell. The spring has a front end and a rear end with the front end engaging the washer engagement surface. The rear end faces the flange engagement surface and engages the second side of the panel wall such that the panel wall is captured between the flange and the spring.

Abstract: A compressible electrical contact is disclosed. The compressible electrical contact may include a nose portion, a corrugated portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may extend from a first end of the corrugated portion and the nose portion may extend from an opposite end of the corrugated portion. The corrugated portion may define a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first and second surfaces may have a width. The corrugated portion may also have a third surface extending between the first and second surfaces and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. A plurality of corrugations may be formed in the third and fourth surfaces of the corrugated portion.

Abstract: A socket adaptor 10 made of an electrically insulating material has a main adaptor body 12 on which a plurality of through holes 14 containing an upper opening and a lower opening has been formed. In certain preferred embodiments a probe pin 60 and coil spring 62 is placed in each through hole 14. An electrical engagement clipping part 68 for clipping a contact inserted in a respective through hole from said upper opening is formed on the upper end of each probe pin 60. The coil spring 62 is installed on each probe pin and biases the respective probe pin toward a position so that a tip formed on the lower end of the probe pin protrudes from the lower opening.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing. The housing defines a plurality of passageways passing through a rear surface and a front surface thereof. An upper portion of a rear of the passageway extends sideward to form a fixing slot and a bottom thereof extends downward and then forward to form a receiving fillister. Each of the terminals has a base board received in the passageway. A top end of the base board is bent sideward to form a fixing portion buckled in the corresponding fixing slot. A rear of a bottom end of the base board extends downward and then is bent forward to form a holding portion held in the corresponding receiving fillister. A free end of the holding portion is bent downward and extends forward to form a soldering portion located under a bottom surface of the housing.

Abstract: A press-contacting conductive terminal device comprises a non-conductive enclosure, a base, a contact member and a resilient member. The non-conductive enclosure defines a cylindrically shaped through hole. A front end and a rear end of the through hole having a first opening and a second opening, respectively. The contact member having a front end portion and a rear end portion, the rear end portion of the contact member and the resilient member being received in the through hole. One end of the resilient member abutting against the rear end portion of the contact member and the front end portion of the contact member extending through the first opening and beyond a front end of the non-conductive enclosure. The base including two side wings and a base portion, the base closing the second opening of the rear end of the through hole.

Abstract: A speaker connector for connecting a speaker and a printed circuit board of an electronic device includes an insulating housing and a terminal. The insulating housing defines a holding groove extending therethrough. The terminal has a retaining portion retained in the holding groove of the insulating housing. A first resilient portion is connected to an upper end of the retaining portion and extends out of the holding groove. A first contact portion extends sideward from the first resilient portion for connecting the speaker. A second resilient portion with a zigzag configuration is connected to a lower end of the retaining portion and contained in the holding groove. A second contact portion is connected to a lower end of the second resilient portion and extends out of the holding groove for elastically touching the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A probe pin cartridge includes a first substrate disposed opposite to a positioning member, a second substrate laid beneath the first substrate, having the same contour as that of the first substrate and a plurality of probe pins held by the first and second substrates.

Abstract: A socket for electrically connecting an integrated circuit (IC) to a print circuit board (PCB) comprises an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts received therein, each contact comprises a first contact connecting to the IC, a second contact electrically contacting with the PCB and a flexible member connecting the first contact and the second contact. The contact has a simple configuration, it could reduce the electrical inductance effectively, it also could be closely arranged to accord with the requirement of high-frequency circuitry and could perform rapid transmission of signal between the IC and the PCB.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a contact for electronic devices. The contact includes an upper contact, a lower contact, which includes a contact portion, a lower contact coupled to the upper contact, and a spring fitted over a predetermined area between the upper contact and lower contact. The lower contact includes a second supporting portion, two elastic parts extending from the second supporting portion and provided with opposite to each other. A channel is defined by the two elastic parts of the lower contact, and provides a space to allow movement of the contact portion of the upper contact therein, when the upper contact is coupled to the lower contact. When the upper contact is coupled to the lower contact, the contact portion of the upper contact is insert into the channel defined by the two elastic parts of the lower contact. Thereby, the contact portion is in close contact with the retaining portion, and so an efficient and a short transmitted between two contacts is established.

Abstract: A contact unit which enables reduction of an interval between contacts to be inserted into a through hole formed in a plate. A contact of an IC socket is formed so that a first flange portion is disposed in a first gap between an upper plate and an intermediate plate while an outside diameter of the first flange portion is set larger than a diameter of an upper through hole of the upper plate and that a second flange portion is disposed in a second gap between an intermediate plate and a lower plate while an outside diameter of a second flange portion is set larger than a diameter of a lower through hole of the lower plate.

Abstract: A compressible electrical contact is disclosed. The compressible electrical contact may include a nose portion, a corrugated portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may extend from a first end of the corrugated portion and the nose portion may extend from an opposite end of the corrugated portion. The corrugated portion may define a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first and second surfaces may have a width. The corrugated portion may also have a third surface extending between the first and second surfaces and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. A plurality of corrugations may be formed in the third and fourth surfaces of the corrugated portion wherein a first corrugation may extend at least partially between an upper portion and a lower portion of the nose portion.

Abstract: A socket connector, adapted for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a plurality contacts, an upper housing and a lower housing. The contact has a top contact, a bottom contact and a spring disposed between the top contact and the bottom contact. The top contact has a keeping portion formed with a front piece, a rear piece facing to the front piece and a bend portion connecting bottom edges of the front piece and the rear piece, and defines a guiding slot between the front piece and the rear piece. The bottom contact is inserted into the top contact and movable along the guiding slot. The lower housing defines a plurality of through gaps for receiving the bottom contacts; and the upper housing is mounted upon the lower housing and defines a plurality of receiving slots for receiving the top contacts.

Abstract: A test pin includes a compression element (110), a first tip (120) physically coupled to a first end (111) of the compression element, a second tip (130) physically coupled to a second end (112) of the compression element, a first arm (140) physically coupled to a first side (121) of the first tip, and a second arm (150) physically coupled to a second side (122) of the first tip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping device for power cables with an essentially tubular bell housing in which a tubular holding element for a power cable is arranged mobile along the central longitudinal axis of the bell housing, and with a spring which is arranged between a stop in the bell housing and the holding element and pushes the holding element away from the stop along the central longitudinal axis, a display element being arranged at the holding element, so that the tension of the spring can be learned from outside, and the spring surrounds the power cable.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a spiral contactor that has a spiral-shaped elastic arm having a stable elastic function and less unevenness, and is easy to manufacture. [Solving Means] An elastic arm 3 composed of an electrically conductive material such as copper or the like is formed in a spiral shape from a base end 4 substantially up to spiral end normal O? and the portion forward thereof is sharply bent so that a tip 5 is located substantially in the center. The elastic arm 3 can elastically deform in a long range and exert a stable elastic force. Additionally, this spiral contactor is easily manufactured by an etching process or the like, as a wide space is formed between elastic arm portions of a spiral shape.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems improve spark testing of insulated cables. According to embodiments described herein, a spark tester includes a conductive housing having an entryway, an exit, and a test chamber therebetween. The spark tester utilizes spring electrodes connected to an adjustment ring at one end of the housing and to a fixed structure at the opposite end of the housing. The adjustment ring is rotated such that the spring electrodes wrap around the test cable, contacting the test cable on all sides throughout the test chamber. The housing also includes an electrical contact for receiving and distributing a voltage across the housing and the spring electrodes. As the test cable is drawn through the spring electrodes, the grounded conductors within the test cable are monitored for a voltage spike, indicating an insulation defect that allowed a discharge from the spring electrodes to a test cable conductor.

Abstract: A computer includes a main housing formed with a mounting hole, and a switch device aligned with the mounting hole. The switch device includes a base, a power supply circuit board disposed fixedly on the rear side of the base, a power supply switch disposed on the power supply circuit board, a pressing unit operable to activate the power supply switch, and an infrared receiver disposed fixedly on the base of the switch device for receiving infrared signals.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing. Each contact has a first terminal and a second terminal which has a base portion and a leading arm extending from said base portion. Said base portion and a leading arm define a receiving space for receiving said first terminal. The leading arm has at least one mating bender protruding into said receiving space. The mating bender has a smooth convexity on an inner surface of said receiving space for mating with the first terminal, which alleviates the abrasion between said first terminal and said second terminal and brings a stable connection between the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: An electrical terminal (30) includes first (34) and second (36) contact members having outer pressure contacting end portions (34a, 36a) for pressure engaging first and second electrical devices, respectively, along with enlarged inner end portions (34b, 36b). The pressure contacting end portion of one contact member is longer than the pressure contacting end portion of the other contact member. A sleeve (32) is provided with a through hole (44) for slidably receiving the inner end portions of the first and second contact members. The through hole has opposite open ends (44a, 44b) through which the pressure contacting end portions of the contact members project. A biasing member (38) is disposed in the through hole to resiliently bias the contact members in opposite directions.

Abstract: A contact includes a first contact pin, a second contact pin and a spring. The first contact pin comprises a wide portion for contacting and a narrow portion. The second contact pin comprises a holding portion and a guiding portion extending upwards from the holding portion. The guiding portion has a receiving space and a pair of channels, the narrow portion is received in the receiving space and has thereof a pair of projecting portions sliding in the channels. The spring is moveably seated on the holding portion and limited under the wide portion to allow the first contact pin to shift upwards and downwards therein.

Abstract: A pressure contact for making an electrical connection with another contact has two end parts spaced apart along a longitudinal axis, a central spring section having a midpoint lying on the longitudinal axis, a plurality of side spring sections at least one of which extends at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis, and a plurality of loops between and connecting the spring sections. The central and side spring sections together with the loops form a meander spring so that displacement of one of the end parts longitudinally toward the other end part tensions the meander spring.

Abstract: A spring connector includes: an electrically-conductive pin; an electrically-conductive tube, having the pin slidably received therein, the tube holding the pin in such a condition that at least part of the pin projects from one end of the tube in a first direction, and the other end of the tube being open; and a housing, including a hole portion which can receive the tube, and a slit exposing at least part of an outer peripheral surface of the tube to an exterior, the housing having a first wall portion opposed to the other end of the tube and formed with a projecting portion projecting in the first direction and fitting to the other end of the tube. The at least part of the outer peripheral surface of the tube which is exposed from the slit is electrically connectable to a board.

Abstract: In order to form a more stable silicon pillar which can be used for the formation of vertical transistors in DRAM cells, a multi-step masking process is used. In a preferred embodiment, an oxide layer and a nitride layer are used as masks to define trenches, pillars, and active areas in a substrate. Preferably, two substrate etch processes use the masks to form three levels of bulk silicon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a contact maker for the gate terminal of power semiconductor components in disc cells and power semiconductor modules. Disposed above the power semiconductor component is a shaped member that incorporates in the region of the gate terminal a recess, and this recess, in turn, also incorporates a counter-support. The contact maker consists of a contact spring incorporating a pin-like extension at the end of the spring that contacts the gate terminal, and incorporating a connection created via a shaped metal element to a connecting cable for the external connection at the other end of the spring, and of an insulating sleeve with a contact spring disposed therein. The insulating sleeve itself has at least one locking projection, which, together with the counter-support of the shaped member, forms a snap-lock connection.