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Flexible access connector with miniature slotted pads

US4703984A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1985
Grant dateNov 3, 1987
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Expiry dateOct 28, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K1/141
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A flexible thin film provides interior miniature conducting contact pads which mesh with the extension pins of a pin grid array to establish a tensioned reliable electrical contact. These contacts each connect to an exterior point which is available for probing even while the pin grid array is inserted in a printed circuit board.

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