SURFACE CONNECTOR WITH SILICONE SPRING MEMBER

摘要

Contact structures for devices, where contacts in the contact structures provide a proper normal force while consuming a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in a device and where the contact structures prevent or limit the ingress of fluid or debris into the device. On example may provide a contact structure having a frame. The frame may be arranged to be placed in an opening in a device enclosure for an electronic device or the frame may be part of the electronic device. The frame may include a number of passages, each passage for a contact of the contact structure. Each contact may be held to the frame by a pliable membrane. Each contact may connect to a board in the electronic device via a compliant conductive path.

主权项

1. A contact structure comprising:
a frame having a plurality of passages from a top of the frame to a bottom of the frame, each passage having an inside edge; a plurality of contacts, each contact having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an outside edge and located in one or the plurality of passages; and a plurality of pliant membranes, each between an outside edge of one of the plurality of contacts and an inside edge of a passage such that at least a portion of a top surface and at least a portion of a bottom surface of the contact are exposed.