Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With mating connector which receives panel circuit edge
Patent
1992-03-31
1993-08-31
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
With mating connector which receives panel circuit edge
439 67, 439 77, 439493, H01B 909
Patent
active
052404200
ABSTRACT:
A connector for electrically conductive connection to electrically conductive contact pads of a circuit comprising a rigid housing; a flexible circuit housed, at least in part, in said housing and having an end portion carrying a row of conductive circuit areas on one face thereof corresponding to said row of pads; a spring structure having a resilient arched feature and being held captive by the housing while being permitted a limited desired float, the flexible circuit being captively located relative to the housing so that the areas are resiliently urged by the arched feature into electrically conductive contact with the pads when the connector is attached at a desired location to the circuit. The flexible circuit being releasable constrained in alignment with the spring structure by alignment elements of the spring structure, the alignment elements engaging a cooperating feature of the circuit to register the areas with the pads, when the connector is attached at a desired location to the circuit, with sufficient accuracy to ensure that only the desired conductive contact between the areas and the pads is achieved.
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Bradley Paula A.
Research Organization for Circuit Knowledge
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