Patent ID: 8550825

Claim:
An electrical interconnect device comprising: a substrate having opposite first and second outer surfaces; an array of conductive elastomeric columns held by the substrate, each of the elastomeric columns having opposite first and second ends, the elastomeric columns being internally conductive between the first and second ends; and a shield mounted exterior of the first outer surface of the substrate, the shield having an insulative carrier having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface facing an electrical component configured to be coupled to the electrical interconnect device, the second surface facing the substrate, the carrier having voids extending between the first and second surfaces, the carrier holding an array of conductive pads on the first surface over corresponding voids and arranged in a complementary pattern as the array of elastomeric columns, the conductive pads having inner surfaces and outer surfaces, the inner surfaces facing the voids and elastomeric columns, the outer surfaces facing the electrical component, the shield positioned relative to the substrate such that the first ends of the conductive elastomeric columns are received in corresponding voids in the carrier such that the inner surfaces of the conductive pads engage the first ends of corresponding elastomeric columns, the outer surfaces being configured to engage corresponding mating contacts of the electrical component.