Active device substrate connector

Claim 1

A connector for electrically connecting an active device substrate to a PCB, comprising: a. a frame of insulating material formed by four side walls arranged to define therein between a centrally located, upwardly opened compartment, and ledge extending around the perimeter of the compartment formed by upwardly facing shoulders located on the inwardly facing vertical surfaces of the side walls, said ledge providing support for a substrate which may be positioned in the compartment; b. a plurality of narrow cells spaced along and extending into each of the side walls from the outwardly facing vertical surfaces thereof, each cell having an opening into the compartment through the upwardly facing shoulders and a forward wall extending downwardly from the opening to a floor of the cell; and c. a plurality of spring members consisting of a horizontal bar with forward and rearward ends, a S-shaped spring section extending upwardly from the bar with a contact on the free end, a vertical arm depending from the rearward end of the bar, a horizontal arm extending forwardly from the vertical arm, and a contact on the horizontal arm, said spring members being positioned in the cells with the horizontal bar supported by the floor so that the contact on the spring section extends through the opening into the compartment for engagement with a substrate which may be positioned therein and with the horizontal arm being beneath the frame so that the contact thereon may engage a conductive trace on a PCB.