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Electrical connector for surface mounting and method of making thereof

US4754546A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 1986
Grant dateJul 5, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/4921
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An anisotropic elastomeric conductor is fabricated by stacking a plurality of metal sheets and elastomeric sheets, where the metal sheets have a plurality of parallel electrically conductive elements formed therein. By coating a curable elastomeric resin on the metal sheets, and then curing the resulting layered structure, a solid elastomeric block having a plurality of parallel electrically conductive elements running its length is obtained. Individual elastomeric conductors suitable for interfacing between electronic components are obtained by slicing the block in a direction perpendicular to the conductors. The conductor slices so obtained are particularly suitable for interfacing between electronic devices having planar arrays of electrical contact pads.

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