Patent ID: 6537082
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector for connecting a flexible component to a substrate, the flexible component provided with a plurality of electrical contacts located on a lower surface thereof and the substrate provided with a plurality of electrical contacts located on a upper surface thereof, said connector comprising:an upper housing having an upper surface and a lower surface; a contact housing having an upper surface and a lower surface, the contact housing has apertures disposed from the upper surface through to the lower surface, each aperture corresponds to only one contact on the flexible component; a resilient contact in each aperture for enabling electrical communication between only one electrical contact on the substrate and only one electrical contact on the flexible component, each resilient contact is a wadded wire contact; an attachment portion extending beyond the lower surface of the upper housing, the attachment portion to attach the lower surface of the upper housing to the upper surface of the contact housing and to attach the lower surface of the contact housing to the substrate to establish electrical connection between said contacts on the lower surface of said flexible component and said contacts on the upper surface of said substrate through said resilient contacts located in said contact housing.