Patent ID: 7404746
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical interconnection assembly comprising: a first mounting structure; a first conductive element having (i) a first linear section and (ii) a first curved resilient section, wherein the first linear section is disposed against the mounting structure and wherein, in an absence of force upon the first curved resilient section, the first curved resilient section curves away from the mounting structure, (iii) a first tip formed at a distal end of the first curved resilient section, (iv) a first landing zone disposed along at least a portion of the first conductive element; and, a second conductive element having (i) a second linear section and (ii) a second curved resilient section, (iii) a second tip at the distal end of the second curved resilient section, and (iv) a second landing zone, wherein the second tip is in electrical contact with the first landing zone, and the first tip is in electrical contact with the second landing zone, the interconnection assembly configured such that, when the first conductive element is mated with the second conductive element by a progressively increasing force, the first curled resilient section progressively uncurls, thereby progressively increasing the length of the first linear section.