Patent ID: 6824396
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing electrical continuity between two objects comprising:a body with a top surface and a bottom surface and having a thickness extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, a first of said two objects being located at the top surface thereof and a second of said two objects being located at the bottom surface thereof, said body having a plurality of pin receptacles; and a plurality of pins, each one of said pins being located within a different one of said plurality of receptacles, each pin including a planar center body, a first cantilever beam extending from one portion of said center body at an acute angle relative to said center body, and a second cantilever beam extending from another portion of said center body at an acute angle relative to said center body; wherein the first cantilever beam of each of said plurality of pins extends over the center body of an adjacent one of the plurality of pins.