| 摘要 |
A compliant electrical contact (10) and an assembly (12) employing a plurality of the contacts (10). The contact (10) has several embodiments, all of which include a spring (20) with convolutions (22), a contact point (24) at each end, and a shunt (50) that is generally parallel to the spring (20) and that spans the convolutions (22) longitudinally. In one embodiment, one end of a single shunt strip (90) is fixedly attached near a contact point (24a) and the other end is slidably attached near the other contact point (24b). In another embodiment, the center of a single shunt strip (92) is fixedly attached at the center of the spring (20) and the two ends are slidably attached near the contact points (24). In another embodiment, one end of one shunt strip (94) is fixedly attached near one contact point (24a), one end of another shunt strip (96) is fixedly attached near the other contact point (24b). In one configuration, the other ends (104) of the shunt strips (94, 96) are slidably attached to the center of the spring (20). In other configurations, the other ends of the shunt strips (94, 96) are slidably electrically connected to each other. In the assembly (12), the contact (10) is placed within a through aperture (32) in a dielectric panel (30) with the contact points (24) protruding through openings (34). Optionally, the aperture (32) is filled with a compliant, electrically conductive elastomer (36) after the contact (10) is installed. |
