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Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Universal Instruments Corporation, Conklin, NY (US);

Inventor:

Koenraad Alexander Gieskes, Deposit, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 4/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/189 (2013.01); H05K 13/0406 (2018.08); H05K 1/118 (2013.01); H05K 2201/058 (2013.01);
Abstract

A slip track includes a continuous circuitous track. The continuous circuitous track includes a layered printed circuit board. The layered printed circuit board includes a top track layer configured to supply electric power to a device having a contact element sliding across the top track layer, the layered printed circuit board further having a lower layer connected to the top track layer, the lower layer configured to supply electric power to the top track layer. The layered printed circuit board is flexible and is bent around curves in the continuous circuitous track. A method of assembly using the slip track is further disclosed.


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