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Article: Michigan Inventor Develops Electrical Apparatus with Compliant Pin
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 4, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 4 -- Mike Blossfeld of South Lyon, Mich., has developed a new and improved electrical apparatus which is connected with a printed circuit board by compliant pins.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved electrical apparatus concludes a manually actuatable electrical device which is disposed on a printed circuit board and has a manually movable control element."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "A plurality of electrical current conducting compliant pins extend into engagement with conductive linings in openings in the printed circuit board. The electrical apparatus is free of solder connecting the compliant ...