Patent ID: 8787035

Claim:
An electrical interconnect device comprising: a frame having frame walls with interior surfaces defining a socket extending along a socket axis between an open top and an open bottom of the frame, the socket being configured to receive an electronic package through the open top; and a contact assembly having an insulative carrier holding an array of conductive elastomeric columns, the insulative carrier having exterior edges, each of the elastomeric columns having opposite first and second ends, the elastomeric columns being internally conductive between the first and second ends, the elastomeric columns being configured to electrically interconnect the electronic package to a second electronic component, contact assembly being received within the socket such that the exterior edges face the interior surface, the insulative carrier being unsecured relative to the frame to allow the exterior edges to be movable and float relative to the frame along the interior surfaces within the socket in a direction generally parallel to the socket axis.