US 7,320,617 B1
Electrical coupling apparatus and method
Stephen Bellato, Martinez, Calif. (US); and Kenneth D. Karklin, San Francisco, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Verigy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (Singapore)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/460,277.
Int. Cl. H01R 12/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—496  [439/67; 439/66; 439/91] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for electrical coupling, comprising:
a first contact array on a card, the first contact array being located at a first predefined position relative to an insertion edge of the card;
a flexible printed circuit having a second contact array that corresponds to the first contact array, the second contact array being positioned in alignment with the first contact array;
a compliant interposer material positioned between the first and second contact arrays, the compliant interposer material electrically coupling respective pairs of contacts in the first and second contact arrays; and
wherein the insertion edge is configured to be inserted into a receptacle, the second contact array being positioned relative to the insertion edge so as to mate with a corresponding contact array in the receptacle when the insertion edge is inserted into the receptacle.