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RC1/7509076.1/RS - 1 - COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT;JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

LAEL D. ANDARA (SBN 215416)MICHAEL D. KANACH (SBN 271215)ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY1001 Marshall Street, Suite 500Redwood City, CA 94063-2052Telephone: (650) 364-8200Facsimile: (650) 780-1701Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

COURTLAND C. MERRILL (pro hac vice forthcoming)DAN HALL (pro hac vice forthcoming)ANTHONY OSTLUNDBAER & LOUWAGIE P.A.90 South Seventh Street, Suite 3600Minneapolis, MN 55402Telephone: (612) 349-6969Facsimile: (612) 349-6996Email: [email protected]

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Attorneys for PlaintiffJOHNSTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHNSTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP.,

Plaintiff,

v.

JF TECHNOLOGY BERHAD, JFMICROTECHNOLOGY SDN BHD,JFOONG TECHNOLOGIES SDN BHD,

Defendants.

CASE NO.

COMPLAINT FOR PATENTINFRINGEMENT; JURY TRIALDEMANDED

Plaintiff Johnstech International Corp. (Johnstech), for its Complaint against Defendant

JF Technology Berhad, JF Microtechnology SDN BHD, and J Foong Technologies SDN BHD,

alleges as follows:

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JURISDICTION, VENUEAND JOINDER

1. This is an action for patent infringement arising under the laws of the UnitedStates, 35 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and more particularly, 35 U.S.C. 271 and 281.

2. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1331 and1338(a).

3. Venue is proper in this district under 28 U.S.C. 1391(b) and (c) and 1400(b).4. Joinder is proper under 35 U.S.C. 299. Defendants are related business entities

and/or affiliates who have acted in concert with one another. The allegations of infringement

contained herein arise out of the same series of occurrences relating to the manufacture, use,

import, sale and/or offering for sale of the same products manufactured and imported into the

United States by Defendants.

THE PARTIES

5. Johnstech is a Minnesota corporation with a principal place of business at 1210New Brighton Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413. Johnstech manufactures, develops and

offers for sale test contacts used to test integrated circuits. Johnstech does business in the State of

California and in this District.

6. Upon information and belief, Defendant JF Technology Berhad, is a companyformed under the laws of Malaysia, with a place of business in Malaysia. Upon information and

belief, Defendant JF Microtechnology SDN BHD, is a company formed under the laws of

Malaysia, with a place of business in Malaysia. Defendant J Foong Technologies SDN BHD,

upon information and belief, is a Malaysian company with a place of business in Malaysia.

Defendants JF Technology Berhad, JF Microtechnology SDN BHD, J Foong Technologies SDN

BHD, are upon information and belief, affiliated companies operating in concert with one

another, and are hereafter referred to collectively as JF Technology.

7. Upon information and belief, JF Technology, either alone or in concert withaffiliated companies, manufactures the infringing test contact products at issue herein for sale

throughout the United States, including in this District, including the products sold under the

name Zigma. Upon information and belief, JF Technology places infringing test contact


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products into the stream of commerce with the reasonable expectation and/or knowledge that the

actual and potential ultimate purchasers and users of the products are located in this District, as

well as elsewhere in the United States. Upon information and belief, JF Technology has had

continuous and systematic contacts with this District through its efforts to solicit, market and/or

sell test contact products throughout the United States.

THE PATENT-IN-SUIT

8. Johnstech is the assignee possessing all substantial right, title and interest inUnited States Patent No. 7,059,866 (the 866 Patent), entitled Integrated Circuit Test Contact

to Test Apparatus, which issued on June 13, 2006. Accordingly, Johnstech has standing to sue

for infringement of the 866 Patent. A true and correct copy of the 866 Patent is attached hereto

as Exhibit A.

COUNT I

PATENT INFRINGEMENT

9. Johnstech realleges the allegations in the preceding paragraphs as if fully restatedin Count I of this Counterclaim.

10. Upon information and belief, JF Technology has been and still is, directlyinfringing, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalence, one or more claims of the 866

Patent by importing, making, using, selling and/or offering to sell in the United States, test

contact products, including the product offered for sale under the name Zigma.

11. Upon information and belief, JF Technology has been and still is, indirectlyinfringing, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalence, one or more claims of the 866

Patent by importing, making, using, selling and/or offering to sell test connects that directly

infringe the 866 Patent, including the product offered for sale under the name Zigma.

12. Upon information and belief, JF Technologys infringement of the 866 Patent hasbeen willful and deliberate, rendering this case exceptional within the meaning of 35 U.S.C.

285.

13. Johnstech has been damaged by JF Technologys infringement of the 866 Patent.Unless restrained and enjoined by this Court, JF Technology will continue to infringe the 866


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Patent resulting in substantial, continuing, and irreparable damage to Johnstech.

14. Johnstech has complied with the notice requirements of 35 U.S.C. 287(a) withrespect to the 866 Patent.

DEMAND FOR JUDGMENT

WHEREFORE, Johnstech demands judgment as follows:

A. That JF Technology be adjudged to have infringed the 866 Patent;

B. That the 866 Patent be adjudged valid and enforceable;

C. That JF Technology be adjudged to have willfully and deliberately

infringed the 866 Patent;

D. That JF Technology, its officers, and agents, servants, employees, and

attorneys, and those persons in active concert or participation with them who received actual

notice of the order by personal service or otherwise, be preliminarily and permanently restrained

from enjoining from further infringement of the 866 Patent;

E. An accounting and award of damages by virtue of JF Technologys

infringement of the 866 Patent;

F. An award of triple damages because of JF Technologys willful

infringement of the 866 Patent, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 284;

G. An assessment of pre-judgment and post-judgment interest and costs

against JF Technology, together with an award of such interest and costs, all in accordance with

35 U.S.C. 284;

H. That the present case be adjudged an exceptional case within the

meaning of 35 U.S.C. 285 and reasonable attorneys fees be awarded pursuant thereto; and

I. An award of such other further relief as this Court may deem just and

proper.

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DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

Pursuant to Rule 38(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Seventh

Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Johnstech hereby demands a trial by jury of

all issues triable in the above action.

Dated: June 20, 2014 ROPERS, MAJESKI, KOHN & BENTLEY

By: /s/ Michael D. KanachLAEL D. ANDARAMICHAEL D. KANACHAttorneys for PlaintiffJOHNSTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP.


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United S t a t e s P a t e n t1 2 ) 1 0 ) P a t e n t N 0 . : US 7,059,866 B 2G i l k ( 4 5 ) Date o f P a t e n t : J u n . 1 3 , 2006

54) INTEGRATEDCIRCUIT CONTACT TO TEST 5 , 6 3 4 , 8 0 1 A * 6/1997 Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439/71APPARATUS 5 , 7 4 9 , 7 3 8 A 5 / 1 9 9 8 J o h n s o n e t a 1 . 4 3 9 / 6 6

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M i n n e a p o l i s , MN U S ) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS* ) N o t i c e : S u b j e c t t o any d i s c l a i m e r , t h e t e r m o f t h i s J P 2 0 0 2 ' 0 4 3 0 0 4 A 2 / 2 0 0 2

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_ _ _ Primary Examiner4Chandrika Prasad( 6 5 ) Pnor P u b h c a t l o n D a t a ( 7 4 ) A t t o r n e y , A g e n t , o r F i r m i N a w r o c k i , R o o n e y

US 2004/0248448 A 1 D e c . 9 , 2004 S i V e I T S O n , P - AR e l a t e d US. A p p l i c a t i o n Data ( 5 7 ) ABSTRACT

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B CKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

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an IC e s t a p p a r a t u s . More a r t i c u l a r l y , t h e p r e s e n t i n v e n t i o np r o v i d e s an e l e c t r i c a l c o n n e c t i o n system Which a c i l i t a t e s ap o s i t i v e c o n n e c t i o n betWeen an IC d e v i c e u n d e r t e s t DUT)and a l o a d b o a r d o f t h e t e s t a p p a r a t u s , and o s i t i v e r e s t r a i n tof e r y s m a l l c o n n e c t o r s u t i l i Z e d i n c u r r e n t t e s t a p p a r a t u s .

2 . D e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e R e l a t e d A r tM a n y i f f e r e n t t e s t s i t e c o n ? g u r a t i o n s h a v e b e e n d e v i s e df o r q u i c k l y a n d t e m p o r a r i l y c o n n e c t i n g i n t e g r a t e d c i r c u i t

l e a d s of a device t o b e t e s t e d t o a load board of a t e s t e r .Automated e s t a p p a r a t u s i n p a r t i c u l a r u s e a number of suchc o n ? g u r a t i o n s . One a r r a n g e m e n t u s e s f o r c e b r o u g h t t o b e a rupon a c o n t a c t p o s i t i o n e d betWeen a l e a d of h e I C and t h el o a d b o a r d t o deform a p r o b e t i p o f t h e c o n t a c t and engagea pad on t h e l o a d b o a r d . Another arrangement i s t o useeng agement f o r c e a p p l i e d b y t h e IC t o r o t a t e a c o n t a c tmounted W i t h i n a s l o t t o overcome p o s i t i o n a l b i a s imposedby a n e l a s t o m e r i c e l e m e n t t o t h e c o n t a c t . n end o f t h ec o n t a c t o p p o s i t e a n e n d e n g a g e d by h e I C c o n t a c t s a pad ft h e l o a d b o a r d When h e IC and e s t s i t e a r e b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r .

S u c h c o n ? g u r a t i o ns p r o v i d e f o r p o s i t i v e c o n n e c t i o nbetWeen l e a d s of DUT n d c o r r e s p o n d i n g l e a d s of t e s ta p p a r a t u s a n d r e l y upon h e i n i t i a l e n g a g e m e n t b e t W e e n t h eDUT n d t e s t s i t e t o ensure a p o s i t i v e c o n n e c t i o n .

I t Would b e d e s i r a b l e t o p r o v i d e a s y s t e m a f f o r d i n ga d d i t i o n a l p r e d e t e r m i n e d f o r c e , i n a d d i t i o n t o t h a t p r o v i d e dby n i t i a l engagement o f t h e DUT nd h e t e s t a p p a r a t u s , t ob e t t e r e n s u r e a p o s i t i v e e l e c t r i c a l c o n n e c t i o n . F u r t h e r , i tWould b e d e s i r a b l e t h a t e x c e s s i v e f o r c e n o t b e r e q u i r e dbetWeen t h e DUT n d e s t s i t e .

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SUMM RY OF THE INVENTION

The p r e s e n t i n v e n t i o n i s a s m a l l p i n c o n t a c t o r a r r a n g em e n t , p o s i t i o n e d W i t h i n a h o u s i n g , f o r f a c i l i t a t i n g c o n n e c ti n g t h e l e a d s o f a n i n t e g r a t e d c i r c u i t t o c o r r e s p o n d i n gt e r m i n a l s o f a l o a d b o a r d . The h o u s i n g t y p i c a l l y h a s ap l u r a l i t y o f g e n e r a l l y p a r a l l e l s l o t s f o r r e c e i v i n g a c o r r es p o n d i n g p l u r a l i t y o f c o n t a c t s , o n e i n e a c h s l o t . Each o n t a c thas a nose end t h a t extends fro m t s s l o t on one s i d e of h eh o u s i n g , a n d a t a i l end t h a t e x t e n d s from i t s s l o t on ano p p o s i n g s i d e o f t h e h o u s i n g . The o n t a c t s a r e g e n e r a l l y S s h a p e d . r o n t e l a s t o m e r e x t e n d s t h r o u g h t h e h o u s i n g a l o n ga n x i s g e n e r a l l y p e r p e n d i c u l a r t o t h e s l o t s s u c h t h a t t h e noseof contact curves over h e f r o n t e l a s t o m e r . Are ar elastomera l s o e x t e n d s a l o n g a n a x i s g e n e r a l l y p e r p e n d i c u l a r t o t h es l o t s such h a t t h e t a i l of h e c o n t a c t c u r v e s around h e r e a re l a s t o m e r .

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o n t a c t o r a s s e m b l y 5 , a s shoWn i n t h e FIGURE, i sm o u n t e d i n a h o u s i n g 1 0 . H o u s i n g 1 0 h a s g e n e r a l l y p l a n a r ,p a r a l l e l o p p o s e d s i d e s 2 2 e s s e n t i a l l y a t r i g h t a n g l e s t o p a i r so f o p p o s e d e d g e s . H o u s i n g 1 0 i s c o n ? g u r e d t o e f f e c t e l e ct r i c a l c o n n e c t i o n o f a n i n t e g r a t e d c i r c u i t d e v i c e DUT) 1 4 t oa l o a d board 1 2 . Device 14 h a s l e a d s 17 and l o a d board 1 2h a s t e r m i n a l s o r p a d s 1 6 Which r e e l e c t r i c a l l y c o n n e c t e d byc o n t a c t s 1 8 mounted W i t h i n h o u s i n g 1 0 .

P a r a l l e l s i d e s o f h o u s i n g 1 0 b o u n d g e n e r a l l y e q u a l l ys p a c e d p a r a l l e l s l o t s 2 0 , e a c h f o r r e c e i v i n g a c o r r e s p o n d i n gc o n t a c t 18 t h e r e i n .

Each s l o t 2 0 , i t i s i n t e n d e d, c o n t a i n s a c o n t a c t 1 8 . C o nt a c t s 18 a r e t h i n W i t h g e n e r a l l y p l a n a r s u r f a c e s . Each h a s anose end 26 a n d a t a i l end 28 Which t o g e t h e r de?ne a ne s s e n t i a l l y S s h a p e d s t r u c t u r e . Nose e n d 2 6 i s a s i l l u st r a t e d , l a r g e r t h a n t a i l e n d 2 8 t o p r o v i d e a g r e a t e r o u t W a r de x t e n s i o n t o p r o t r u d e from h o u s i n g 1 0 beyond o n e s i d e t oc o n t a c t l e a d s 17 of e v i c e 1 4 . T a i l end 28 a s a l i n e a r p o r t i o n29 o p r o v i d e a p o s i t i v e e l e c t r i c a l c o n n e c t i o n t o t e r m i n a l s 1 6o f l e a d board 1 2 .

G e n e r a l l y t u b u l a r s h a p e d c h a n n e l s 3 1 a n d 3 3 e x t e n dt h r o u g h h o u s i n g 1 0 a l o n g a x e s g e n e r a l l y p e r p e n d i c u l a r t op l a n e s d e ? n e d b y s l o t s 2 0 W i t h f r o n t c h a n n e l 3 1 b e i n g l a r g e rt h a n r e a r c h a n n e l 3 3 t o b e t t e r conform o t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n gc o n c a v e p o r t i o n o f e d g e s o f engaged n o s e e n d s 2 6 and a i le n d s 2 8 . y l i n d r i c a l s h a p e d f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 3 0 i s r e c e i v e dW i t h i n f r o n t c h a n n e l 3 1 , and a c y l i n d r i c a l s h a p e d r e a re l a s t o m e r 32 i s r e c e i v e d W i t h i n r e a r c h a n n e l 3 3 .


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Nose end 26 h a s a concave i n n e r edge 25 Which engagesa n d b e a r s a g a i n s t f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 3 0 . S i m i l a r l y , t a i l e n d 2 8h a s a concave i n n e r edge 42 Which engages and b e a r sa g a i n s t r e a r e l a s t o m e r 3 2 . F r o n t c h a n n e l 31 and e a r c h a n n e l3 3 h a v e c o r r e s p o n d i n g c o m m u n i c a t i n g a p e r t u r e s 3 3 , 3 5e x t e n d i n g t h r o u g h t o l o a d b o a r d 1 2 P r o x i m a t e s i d e s o fc h a n n e l s 3 3 , 35 a r e spaced c l o s e r t h a n d i s t a n c e s t h e same a st h e d i a m e t e r s o f t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e c h a n n e l s 3 1 , 3 3 . T h i sp e r m i t s i n s e r t i n g e l a s t o m e r s 3 0 a n d 3 2 i n t o c h a n n e l s 3 1 , 3 3b y u r g i n g t h e m t h r o u g h t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e a p e r t u r e s 3 3 , 3 5 .E l a s t o m e r s 3 0 , 3 2 a r e t h e r e b y r e t a i n e d i n p l a c e .

n l i g n o r 36 e x t e n d s a c r o s s a n o u t e r p o r t i o n o f h o u s i n g1 0 p r o x i m a t e t h e n o s e end 2 6 o f t h e c o n t a c t 1 8 . The o r t i o no f t h e a l i g n o r 2 6 o p p o s i t e c o n t a c t s 1 8 d e ? n e s a s t o p 3 8 . Thea l i g n o r 3 6 l o c a t e s a n e d g e o f DUT 4 s u c h t h a t i t s l e a d s 17a r e o p p o s i t e t he outWard e x t e n s i o n s o f c o r r e s p o n d i n g n o s ee n d s 2 6 o f c o n t a c t s 1 8 , a n d a l s o o r i e n t s t h e l e a d s 1 7 p a r a l l e lt o t h e c o n t a c t s 1 8 . S t o p 38 a l s o l i m i t s t h e outWard e x t e n s i o nof c o n t a c t s 1 8 .DUT 4 i s p o s i t i o n e d p r o x i m a t e h o u si n g 1 0 i n t h e p o s i

t i o n and o r i e n t a t i o n shoWn i n t h e FIGURE. A p p a r a t u s , n o ts h o W n , d e t e r m i n e s t h e p r e c i s e l o c a t i o n o f d e v i c e 1 4 r e l a t i v et o s u r f a c e 1 9 o f h o u s i n g 1 0 s u c h t h a t e a c h l e a d 1 7 i s d i r e c t l yo p p o s i t e a c o n t a ct 1 8 . DUT 14 i s t h e n moved c l o s e r t oh o u s i n g 1 0 a s shoWn i n t h e FIGURE. T h i s e f f e c t s engagement of h e d e v i c e 14 and h e nose end 26 of c o r r e s p o n d i n gc o n t a c t 1 8 . C o n t a c t s 18 a r e t h u s r o t a t e d , t h e i r nose ends 26e n g a g e d b y o p p o s i n g l e a d s 1 7 a n d t h e i r t a i l e n d s 2 8 e n g a gi n g t e r m i n a l s 1 6 . T h i s r o t a t i o n o f c o n t a c t s 1 8 W i l l a l s o r e s u l ti n ? a t p o r t i o n 29 o f e a c h r i s i n g up s l i g h t l y a t one end a s i t sc o n t a c t r o l l s c o u n t e r c l o c k w i s e , a s shoWn by arroW 44 i n t h eFIGURE.

Such a c t i o n r e s u l t s i n f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 30 and r e a r e l a st o m e r 3 2 b o t h b e i n g c o m p r e s s e d. S i n c e t h e d i a m e t e r s a n dc h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h e e l a s t o m e r s a r e s e l e c t a b l e , t h e amountof f o r c e r e q u i r e d t o compress t h e e l a s t o m e r s can be p r es e l e c t e d . T h i s f o r c e i s chosen s o a s t o be s u f ? c i e n t t o p r o v i d ea good e l e c t r i c a l c o n n e c t i o n betWeen t h e l e a d s and t e r m in a l s .

I n t h e d u a l e l a s t o m e r c o n ? g u r a t i o n a s p i c t u r e d i n t h eFIGURE t h e f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 3 0 p r o v i d e s ? e x i b i l i t y i nc o n t r o l l i n g c o n t a c t f o r c e by t h e d e v i c e 1 4 i n a d d i t i o n t oa i d i n g i n k e e p i n g t h e c o n t a c t t a i l 2 8 e n g a g e d a g a i n s t a W a l ls u r f a c e 6 . I n h i s c o n ? g u r a t i o n t h e f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 3 0 i s f u l l yi n c o m p r e s s i o n . As h e f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 3 0 i s c o m p r e s s e d , t h ed i s p l a c e d m a t e r i a l can expand i n t o an e l a s t o m e r r e l i e f a r e a8 . The e a r e l a s t o m e r 32 can be con?gured and used n e i t h e rt e n s i o n o r c o m p r e s s i o n .

The f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 30 c a n p l a y a s i g n i ? c a n t r o l e i np r e v e n t i n g c o n t a c t s 1 8 f r o m b e i n g e a s i l y r e l e a s e d f r o m t h eh o u s i n g 1 0 W h i l e t h e c o n t a c t s 1 8 a r e n o t engaged by DUT1 4 , a s a f t e r i m p l a c e m e n t . o n t a c t 1 8 i s r o t a t e d c l o c k W i s e ,and t h e c o n t a c t 1 8 i s t h e n p i n c h e d betWeen t h e f r o n t e l a stomer 30 and a l i g n o r 3 6 . As a c o n t a c t 18 i s removed fromt h e b o t t o m , b o t h t h e f r o n t and e a r e l a s t o m e r s 3 0 , 3 2 need obe compressed o p e r m i t t h e c o n t a c t 1 8 t o p a s s betWeen t h etWo.

T h i s c o n t a c t o r s y s t e m h a s b e e n d e s i g n e d t o p r e v e n tc o n t a c t t r a n s l a t i o n a l r e l a t i v e m o t i o n s l i d i n g ) a g a i n s t t h el o a d board 2 8 . S l i d i n g motion c a u s e s Wear on h e l o a d boardp a d s , a n u n d e s i r a b l e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c . The s l o p e d t e r m i n u s o fc o n t a c t t a i l 6 i n engagement W i t h h o u s i n g W a l l 1 5 i s i n s t r um e n t a l i n p r e v e n t i n g t h e c o n t a c t 1 8 f r o m s l i d i n g a l o n g t h el o a d b o a r d 1 2 . The f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 3 0 a l s o p l a y s a r o l e i nh e l p i n g a c h i e v e t h i s e n d by f o r c i n g t h e c o n t a c t 1 8 i n ad i r e c t i o n t o r e m a i n s e a t e d a g a i n s t W a l l 1 5 o f t h e h o u s i n g 1 0 .

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The ? a t p o r t i o n 2 9 o f t h e c o n t a c t t a i l d e s i g n 2 8 c o n t r o l sl o c a t i o n of o n t a c t nose 26 While alloWing t h e c o n t a c t nose2 6 t o b e p r e - l o a d e d i n t h e uncompressed t a t e , a s i l l u s t r a t e di n t h e FIGURE. The ? a t p o r t i o n 2 9 o f t h e c o n t a c t t a i l 2 8c o n s t r a i n s t h e c o n t a c t 1 8 from a c h i e v i n g a n u l t i m a t e r o l l i n ge q u i l i b r i u m p o s i t i o n , a n d a l l o W s t h e p a r t i a l c o m p r e s s i o n o ft h e f r o n t e l a s t o m e r 3 0 W i t h o u t s l i d i n g o f t h e t a i l 2 8 W i t hr e s p e c t t o t h e l o a d board 1 2 . T h i s c r e a t e s immediate c o n t a c tf o r c e a t t h e l o a d b o a r d 1 2 , Which i m p r o v e s t h e e f f e c t i v ec o m p l i a n c e r a n g e o p e r a t i n g r a n g e ) o f t h e c o n t a c t o r s y s t e m .

I n l i e u of a ? a t p o r t i o n 29 on t h e c o n t a c t t a i l 2 8 , t h ea l i g n o r 38 can be used o c o n t r o l t h e c o n t a c t nose 26 o s i t i o na n d p r o v i d e t h e n e c e s s a r y c o n s t r a i n t t o f a c i l i t a t e p r e - l o a d i n gt h e nose 26 of h e c o n t a c t 1 8 .

T h i s d e s i g n c a n b e a l t e r n a t i v e l y c o n ? g u r e d a s a s i n g l ee l a s t o m e r s y s t e m . I n t h i s c o n ? g u r a t i o n t h e r e a r e l a s t o m e r 32Would de?ne t h e a p p l i c a b l e f o r c e n e c e s s a r y a t b o t h t h ec o n t a c t n o s e 26 and c o n t a c t t a i l 2 8 . The d e s i g n o f h o u s i n g10 and c o n t a c t 18 Would be modi?ed from t h e FIGURE of a c i l i t a t e t h i s c o n ? g u r a t i o n o p t i o n . The r e a r e l a s t o m e r 3 2 ,a g a i n , c a n be p l a c e d i n e i t h e r t e n s i l e e x t e n s i o n o r compression.

I t W i l l b e u n d e r s t o o d t h a t t h i s d i s c l o s u r e , i n manyr e s p e c t s , i s o n l y i l l u s t r a t i v e . C h a n g e s may b e made i nd e t a i l s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n m a t t e r s o f s h a p e , s i Z e , m a t e r i a l , a n da r r a n g e m e n t o f p a r t s W i t h o u t e x c e e d i n g t h e s c o p e o f t h ei n v e n t i o n . A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e s c o p e o f t h e i n v e n t i o n i s a sd e ? n e d i n t h e l a n g u a g e o f t h e a p p e n d e d c l a i m s .

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