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5197888 Method of positioning flexible circuit members on a common circuit member  
A method for providing precise alignment and positioning of a plurality of flexible circuit members on a common, rigid circuit member. The steps of the method include providing reference points on...
5195898 Non-shearing connectors for flexible circuits  
A non-shearing connector for a flexible circuit comprising a top retaining isc segment having an exterior threaded section suitably contoured to be compatible with the hollow section of an exterior...
5195897 Connector and opening accessory  
An electrical connector, bridge connector and opening accessory to protect the contacts on flexible circuitry of such connectors from being damaged by the sharp edges of a printed circuit board...
5194010 Surface mount electrical connector assembly  
A surface mount electrical connector assembly is provided for electrically connecting a plurality of terminals of an electrical connector to circuit traces on a printed circuit board. The terminals...
5192214 Planar interconnect with electrical alignment indicator  
In the manufacture of flat-panel video displays, an assembler must align long rows of closely-spaced electrical signal contacts on a planar electroluminescent panel with mating signal contacts on a...
RE34190 Connector arrangement  
A connector system for electrically connecting contacts of a flexible printed circuit carried by a daughter board with fixed contacts carried by a mother board, the flexible circuit serving as a...
5186632 Electronic device elastomeric mounting and interconnection technology  
An interconnecting and mounting technology involving the use of elastomeric properties. A mounting member grips, in a notch, the edge of a device supporting planar member with the device conductors...
5181854 Press-contact type electric connector for a flat, flexible cable  
The object of the present invention is to provide a solderless connector which permits the exact positioning of a flat, flexible cable in its housing. An electric connector comprising a housing...
5181853 Fluid pressure actuated electrical connector  
An electrical connector wherein fluid pressure (pneumatics or hydraulics) is used to actuate an expandable bladder located within the housing of the connector to exert force against two flexible...
5171154 High density backplane connector  
A high density connector (10) for electrically interconnecting conductive paths (14, 84) on close centers between circuit boards such as those of a backpanel (82) and daughter cards (12), includes...
5166774 Selectively releasing conductive runner and substrate assembly having non-planar areas  
A selectively releasing runner and substrate assembly 100 comprises a plurality of conductive runners 116 adhered to a substrate 112, a portion 118 of at least some of the conductive runners 116...
5166865 Compliancy tolerant pattern for circuit carrying substrate  
A circuit carrying substrate (108) accommodates circuit components (102) with different coefficients of expansion and contraction from that of the circuit carrying substrate (108). Beneath the...
5163835 Contact assembly with grounding conductor support  
A contact assembly with at least one signal contact and at least one ground contact, in particular for use in a connector or the like, comprises a support of resilient conductive material, an...
5163836 Integrated connector module with conductive elastomeric contacts  
An electrical conductor that electrically couples a circuit board to another electrical device. The connector has a flexible circuit board with at least one electrical conductor that is attached to...
5161981 Foldable stacking connector  
A high density connector (10) includes a plastic housing (12) with covers (30, 38) hinged to a frame (14) and foldable thereagainst to compress a plurality of circuits (60, 67) fitted between the...
5161986 Low inductance circuit apparatus with controlled impedance cross-unders and connector for connecting to backpanels  
Circuit apparatus comprises an integral structure of first and second multilayer wiring board portions and a flexible circuit portion. The wiring board portions each have at least circuit trace...
5159751 Method of manufacturing electronic module assembly  
An electronic module assembly (31) is provided by assembling components (17) to a planar polyimide flex circuit film (14) laminated to an aluminum rigidizer plate (11). The flex circuit film and...
5160269 Hydrostatic connector for flex circuits  
A connector system for interconnecting single or multiple pairs of flex circuits. A single pair of clamping bodies interconnects the respective ones of multiple pairs of electrical conductors in...
5158466 Metallically encapsulated elevated interconnection feature  
A pressure type contact (10) for flexible or conventional wire cable terminations is fabricated from electroformed thin metallic wafers in which one wafer is plated with a raised conductive...
5156553 Connector assembly for film circuitry  
A film circuit connector assembly comprises matable housing assemblies each including an outer insulating housing receiving a film circuit supporting member carrying a film circuit with a mating...
5154618 Electrical assembly  
An electrical assembly removably and blindly matable to a second assembly includes upper and lower subassemblies and an electrical subassembly connected therewith. Each of the upper and lower...
5147208 Flexible printed circuit with raised contacts  
A flexible printed circuit with raised contacts is presented. In accordance with this invention, a flexible circuit is disposed on a substrate. The substrate includes a pattern comprised of a...
5133667 Flexible circuit connector  
An electrical connector serves to connect first and second opposed flex circuits. A female member supports a second of the flex circuits formed with a plurality of raised contact features. A male...
5133119 Shearing stress interconnection apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for providing electrical contact between an array of fingers of a tape automated bonding frame and a corresponding array of raised contact areas on a substrate. The tape...
5134248 Thin film flexible electrical connector  
Apparatus and method for making electrical contact with a thin conductive film comprising, in one embodiment, a base with a thin conductive strip and a flexible substrate affixed to the base such...
5123852 Modular electrical connector  
A flexible film-type modular connector comprising a fixed block and a movable wedge-shaped block which is received within a V-shaped opening formed in the fixed block. The oblique angle at which...
5123850 Non-destructive burn-in test socket for integrated circuit die  
Disclosed is a burn-in test socket which serves as a temporary package for integrated circuit die, multichip hybrid or a complete wafer without damaging the bonding pads or insulating passivation...
5113316 System for the assembly and connection of electronic circuit boards, particularly for use in motor vehicles  
A system for the assembly and connection of electronic circuits formed on a plurality of substrate or boards of identical size is described. Each board is mounted in a respective module between two...
5106308 Planar contact grid array connector  
A planer contact grid array connector features a selectively ceramic coated metal substrate in combination with ceramic thick film and/or multi-layer thin film circuitry and contacts of various...
5102343 Fluid pressure actuated electrical connector  
An electrical connector which utilizes fluid pressure to interconnect two electrical circuit members (e.g., a circuit module and a printed circuit board) in a sound and effective manner. In one...
5099393 Electronic package for high density applications  
An electronic package including a first circuitized substrate (e.g., printed circuit board) and a flexible circuitized substrate wherein the flexible substrate is precisely aligned in removable...
5095628 Process of forming a rigid-flex circuit  
In a process for manufacturing a rigid-flex printed circuit wherein a rigid insulating layer supports one portion of the printed circuit and a flexible insulator supports another portion thereof to...
5097101 Method of forming a conductive contact bump on a flexible substrate and a flexible substrate  
A flexible circuit board is formed from a sheet of polyimide having a contact pad on its first side and a continuous layer of copper on its second side by removing copper from the second side so as...
5092782 Integral elastomeric card edge connector  
An integral elastomeric card edge connector provides shorter signal paths through the contact with reduced interference. The card edge contact allows high density interconnection between several...
5080609 Stacked electrical assembly  
A stacked electrical connector assembly (2) is disclosed of surface mounting on a circuit board (CB). The assembly comprises a sheet metal supporting bracket (4) having superposed upper and lower...
5080595 Hybrid connector having contact elements in the form of flexible conductor film  
A hybrid connector, comprising a housing having a contact side for making contact to a further connector, a connection side for connecting an electrical wiring and a flat substrate which is...
5074797 Electrical connector for connecting heat seal film to a printed wiring board  
An electrical connector comprises a housing having a first groove for receiving a heat seal film therein and a second groove for receiving therein a printed wiring board. A spring contact is...
5069628 Flexible electrical cable connector with double sided dots  
Electrically conductive traces (50) are formed on a surface (40a) of a flexible cable (40). Electrically conductive dots (62) are formed on the exposed surfaces (50b) of the traces (50) to...
5064377 Compression contact electrical connector assembly for a disc drive  
The present invention is a compression connection apparatus for electrically connecting a disc drive motor to electronic signal sources. The apparatus comprises a circuit board attached to a disc...
5059129 Connector assembly including bilayered elastomeric member  
An electrical connector assembly including a bilayered elastomeric element of integral construction for providing effective contact force (pressure) between corresponding arrays of conductors...
5057023 High density connector system  
A connection system for use in connecting a high density flexible circuit directly to a surface mounted integrated circuit component mounted on a printed circuit board. The connection system...
5048166 Method of making rigid-flexible multilayer board system  
Mounting only electronic parts on a printed circuit board puts a limit on the mounting density. According to the invention, electronic parts are mounted on a flexible board. This flexible board is...
5046954 Planar electrical connector  
An electrical connector (20) includes a body (22) having cavities (24) adapted to receive the leads (18) of components such as displays (16) to be interconnected by circuit traces (28) carried on a...
5044980 High density and multiple insertion connector  
A high density and multiple insertion connector that minimizes the amount of friction created by coupling and uncoupling of the connector wherein a generally hourglass-shaped insertion member...
5044964 Programmable connector module  
A programmable connector module is equipped with a molded plastic base on which an IC chip is mounted. The plastic base is wired with programmable inputs which can be used to provide a logic 1 or a...
5041003 Electrical connector system  
An electrical connector having first and second coacting engagable parts for mating a plurality of spaced electrical contacts in which the system includes predictable alignment, contact force and...
5041183 Method for the preparation of a hot-melt adhesive interconnector  
The inventive interconnector, which is used for electrically connecting two arrays of electrodes on two circuit boards, etc., is a striped sheet composed of alternately arranged strips of an...
5035641 Terminating insulated conductors  
A plug and socker connector for a printed circuit board has the socket part open at the bottom so that it can be attached to the board by latches engaging in openings in the board, leaving...
5026290 Electrical connector for electrically interconnecting non-parallel substrates  
An electrical connector (18) for electrically interconnecting non-parallel substrates (10,12) is disclosed. The connector (18) includes a contact element (24) formed from a single length of...
5026291 Board mounted connector system  
A board mounted connector system for interconnecting the planar pads disposed in an area array on a surface of a board includes (a) a modular connector, (b) a frame, and (c) securing means for...