Interconnector
US5573409A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K2201/10303
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connector is described, of the type that has rows of contacts at each of its opposite mating face, with each contact at one face connected to a contact at the other face. In a connector that has at least three rows of contacts at each face, the contacts are connected through a flexible circuit board arrangement that has circuit board conductors. First and second groups of conductors (70, 76 in FIG. 4) that connect rows at the opposite faces extend in a zig-zag pattern along a first face of the flexible circuit board. A third group of conductors (84, FIG. 5) extend along a second face of the circuit board. The flexible circuit board has first and second end portions connected to the contacts and has a middle therebetween, with the middle (114, FIG. 2) curved along substantially half a cylinder around one side (110) of a spacer (66).
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