Patent ID: 6124720
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: G01R,H05K

Abstract:
The combination comprising:(a) a circuit board having a circuit pattern with contact pads on the top surface thereof;(b) an electronic device package having terminal leads extending from at least one edge thereof positioned so that at least a portion of the bottom surface of each of said terminal leads is spaced from and extends substantially parallel with the top surface of said circuit board; and(c) an electrically conductive contact pin having first and second ends positioned between one of said terminal leads and one of said contact pads with said first end engaging the bottom surface of the terminal lead and said second end engaging the top surface of the contact pad to provide a circuit path between the terminal lead and the contact pad, wherein said contact pin is supported independently of said device package and said circuit board and maintains the force exerted by said second end on the top surface of the contact pad at approximately three times the force exerted by said first end on the terminal lead.