Patent ID: 6220869
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An area array connector adapted to connect contact pads on one generally planar circuit element to corresponding contact pads on another generally planar circuit element comprising:an insulative contact mounting sheet having a plurality of contact mounting apertures therein;a plurality of electrically conducting contacts mounted in said contact mounting apertures, each contact having contact pad engaging legs resiliently projecting away from opposite faces of said contact mounting sheet;two insulative contact securing sheets, one laminated to each face of said contact mounting sheet, each contact securing sheet having apertures therein to accommodate the resiliently projecting legs of said contacts;in which each of said electrically conducting contacts comprises a base leg adapted and proportioned to fit in and engage the contact mounting apertures of said contact mounting sheet and two pad engaging legs cantilevered resiliently outwardly from said base leg in opposite directions;in which said pad engaging legs of said contacts have a shorter linear extent than the base legs of said contacts; andin which said contact mounting apertures are each greater in linear extent than the corresponding apertures of said contact securing sheets.