Bistable zero insertion force connector
CA 1281786 C · Owner: Hillis, W. Daniel · Inventors: Hillis, W. Daniel
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A bistable zero insertion force connector assembly including one or more conductive contact members. Each conductive contact member includes mating ends or contact arms having contact surfaces and a resilient central segment. Variable engagement means cooperates with each conductive contact member to displace the member from a first stable state to a second stable state and vice versa with minimal force the, member being maintained in the first or second stable states by means of stresses induced in the resilient central segment. In the first stable state the contact surfaces of the mating ends or contact arms are disposed in mating proximity to the contact surfaces of the device to be …
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- Granted March 19, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 19, 2008.
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