Method of making a metal-on-elastomer pressure contact connector

Details Method of making a metal-on-elastomer pressure contact connector Method of making a metal-on-elastomer pressure contact connector

1991-04-29

1992-04-07

Eley, Timothy V.

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Electrical device making

29883, 29530, H02G 1500

Patent

active

051015536

ABSTRACT:
A method of making a metal-on-elastomer pressure contact connector. The method includes embedding a plurality of parallel co-planar copper-beryllia wires comprising a plurality of coils in a silicone rubber elastomer with top and bottom surfaces, and removing metal from the tops and bottoms of the coils to form a pair of isolated wire filaments from each coil which extend from the top surface to the bottom surface of the elastomer. The filaments form arrays of electrical contacts above and below the elastomer exceeding 10,000 contacts per square inch.

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