Patent ID: 6264476
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G01R,H01L,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A resilient, conductive button useful as an electrical contact element between conductive pads, comprising:a) a resilient body having a first end and a second end and a length therebetween;b) a conducting element comprising at least one thin wire formed in a spiral extending continuously through the length of the body from the first end of the body to the second end of the body, being electrically exposed at both ends of the body;such that when the first end of the body contacts a first conductive pad, and the second end of the body contacts a second conductive pad, the conductive element forms an electrically conductive path through the button from the first conductive pad to the second conductive pad; andthe conducting element has sufficient flexibility such that the conducting element does not add substantially to the compressibility or relaxability of the resilient body.