Patent ID: 6669490
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector for conductively coupling electrical contacts on a printed circuit board to electrical contacts on a device, said connector comprising:an insulating member made of a first material having respective opposite sides and having first and second pluralities of holes therethrough arranged in first and second array patterns; a plurality of conductive elastomeric members extending through respective ones of said first plurality of holes, each of said conductive elastomeric members having opposite end surfaces disposed beyond said opposite sides of said insulating member; and a plurality of insulative support columns made of a second material that is different than said first material each of said insulative support columns surrounding a respective one of said conductive elastomeric members, each of said insulative support columns having opposite end surfaces disposed in respective planes beyond said opposite sides of said insulating member, but not beyond said conductive elastomeric member end surfaces.