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Board-to-board interconnection

US5921787A · kind A · utility

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16References

16Claims

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Assignee

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

Richard A. Pope · Austin, US
Guenter Ploehn · Neuss, DE
Thomas M. Cherney · Windom, US
Juergen Schmidt · Goldkronach, DE
David S. Hardcastle · Leander, US
Adalberto Gonzalez · Boynton Beach, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 1996
Grant date	Jul 13, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/432
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interconnection providing multiple electrical interconnections at a fine pitch can be formed in a pluggable and unpluggable form having a pitch on the order of 0.8 mm, using four rows of contact elements in each of the plug and socket which are in a continuous row and not staggered along the row with other contact elements, making the interconnection easier to manufacture and utilize.

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