Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
Patent
1996-11-12
1999-11-16
Bradley, Paula
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
H01R 909
Patent
active
059846909
ABSTRACT:
A contact array includes a plurality of uniform columns each for providing electrical continuity between things respectively in contact with opposite ends of the columns, each column means having a memory urging it to be straight. In a first embodiment the columns are all affixed to plurality of polymeric carrier films for holding them parallel to each other, spaced apart, aligned along an axis normal to them, and preferably symmetrical with respect to the axis. Each column can include a plurality of aligned, elongated contact leaves, each leaf having a memory urging it to be straight. In a second embodiment the columns each comprise a set, preferably ten, of loosely aligned contact leaves held in place by being disposed in slots defined by a housing. The housing forces the columns to be uniformly arcuate along the axis. The opposite ends of the columns define respective opposite contact margins of the array. A housing defines a chamber for containing the array and opposite openings through which the contact margins protrude for external contact therewith. The chamber further includes space to allow further, unobstructed, resilient arcuation of all the columns whenever the contact force is applied to the margins. The array can be moveable back and forth, over a range, in the directions that the forces are applied to the contact margins to equalize the forces.
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Specification Sheet From Zebra Connectors (Unnumbered and Undated).
Riechelmann Bernd
Twigg Raymond
Bradley Paula
Ta Tho Dac
Tighe Thomas J.
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