Patent ID: 7425134

Claim:
A connector for providing electrical connections to a contact field on a circuit board, the connector comprising: a substrate, a compression mat, and a clamp; the substrate comprising a first side, a second side, and a contact field on the first side, the substrate contact field to be aligned with the contact field of the circuit board, the compression mat on the second side of the substrate, the clamp for compressing the compression mat against the substrate to form electrical connections between the contact fields when the contact fields are aligned; the compression mat comprising a plurality of pillars interconnected by a plurality of first bridges and second bridges, the pillars spaced from one another and arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, each pillar extending longitudinally between spaced apart ends, the plurality of first bridges spaced longitudinally from the plurality of second bridges; and each pair of adjacent pillars in a row or column interconnected by a single first bridge or a single second bridge whereby the plurality of first bridges interconnect some, but not all, of the pairs of pillars and the plurality of second bridges interconnect some, but not all, of the pairs of pillars.