Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
Patent
1992-02-10
1993-03-09
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
439 77, 439493, 439507, H01R 909
Patent
active
051922142
ABSTRACT:
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 flex circuit prior to clamping the panel and flex circuit together. The disclosed technique employs electrically conductive alignment contacts on both surfaces. The alignment contacts are formed via the same process that forms the signal contacts. The alignment contacts are connected to ohmmeters to form circuits that an assembler monitors to determine proper alignment of the surfaces. The use of electrical rather than visual alignment checking makes assembly easy and error-resistant.
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Doumani George A.
Samarov Victor M.
Bradley Paula A.
Digital Equipment Corporation
Hudgens Ronald C.
Myrick Ronald E.
Young Barry N.
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