Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1992-06-08
1994-01-04
Arbes, Carl J.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
264263, 26427215, H01R 4302
Patent
active
052749177
ABSTRACT:
Connectors for attachment to cables including a large number of very small flexible conductors or conductor pairs, in which very small contacts are provided as an array exposed on a flat mating surface. Contacts may be raised slightly above the flat surface by plating conductive metal to form raised bumps on one of a pair of connectors. Individual conductors are placed through apertures defined in a substrate acting as a template, and are potted in place before shaping the mating surface of the connector. Contact bases to be plated may be defined precisely by photoresist lithography on a cover layer attached to the template substrate, and an elastomeric layer may be provided between the cover layer and the template substrate. Pin and socket combinations are used to align mating connectors with each other.
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Corbett, III Scott S.
Davis Larry L.
DeLessert Daniel
Demeter Michael L.
Martyniuk Jerry
Arbes Carl J.
The Whitaker Corporation
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