Patent · US Expired

Programmable header

US4471158A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1983
Grant dateSep 11, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2203/175
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A programmable header constructed from an integral lamina circuit arrangement comprising a plurality of electrically conductive pins in fixed spaced relationship, at least one electrically conductive highway, an electrically conductive lowway, a plurality of electrically conductive cross-links each connecting a separate one of said pins to said lowway and a plurality of electrically conductive side-links each connecting a separate one of said pins to a said highway, wherein said highway or highways lie in a plane or planes spaced from and parallel to a plane in which lies said lowway and are superimposed on but spaced from said cross-links, and wherein said pins project normal to said planes in spaced parallel relationship, said lowway and portions of said links being free from said superimposition thereby to facilitate selective removal of desired portions of said links and lowway to break electrical continuity thereof so as to program interconnection between said pins in a desired manner.

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