Patent · US Expired

Electrical connector with a flexible circuit and rigidizer subassembly and a spring

US6299476A · kind A · utility

18Cited by
6References
22Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateOct 4, 2000
Grant dateOct 9, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 4, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R12/78
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector comprising a housing; a flexible circuit and rigidizer subassembly located in the housing; and a spring located in the housing and contacting a first side of the subassembly. A second opposite side of the subassembly comprises an electrically conductive area. The spring biases the subassembly in a direction of the second opposite side. The spring is not electrically connected to the electrically conductive area.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.