Contact probe and semiconductor device socket including contact probe

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9105994
APP PUB NO 20120249174A1
SERIAL NO

13231016

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A contact probe having a plunger; a top contacting member which is provided at a tip end of the plunger and is brought into contact with an electrode of a semiconductor device; a bottom contacting member which is brought into contact with an electrode of a testing board; and an elastic member for urging the top contacting member and the bottom contacting member in opposite directions away from each other. The plunger is formed into a cylindrical shape and includes a through-hole which penetrates through the plunger in an axial direction thereof. The top contacting member includes a plurality of mountain-shaped sharp portions at a tip end thereof, and each of the sharp portions is asymmetrical with respect to a straight line that passes through a peak of the sharp portion and extends along an axial direction of the plunger, and is bent toward a center line of the plunger.

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Patent Owner(s)

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YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO LTD2-16-2 MINAMIKAMATA OTA-KU TOKYO 144-8581

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Suzuki, Katsumi Tokyo, JP 208 2211
Suzuki, Takeyuki Tokyo, JP 91 503

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