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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

May. 01, 2020
Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Kayla C. Niccum, Maplewood, MN (US);

Ankit Mahajan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Bloomington, MN (US);

Nicholas T. Gabriel, Grand Rapids, MN (US);

Roger W. Barton, Afton, MN (US);

Kara A. Meyers, Oakdale, MN (US);

Saagar A. Shah, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Jonathan W. Kemling, Woodbury, MN (US);

Richard C. Webb, St. Paul, MN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/00 (2006.01); H01R 4/58 (2006.01); H01R 12/61 (2011.01); H01R 12/62 (2011.01); H01R 43/00 (2006.01); H05K 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/58 (2013.01); H01R 12/61 (2013.01); H01R 12/62 (2013.01); H01R 43/00 (2013.01); H05K 3/365 (2013.01); H05K 2203/176 (2013.01);
Abstract

Flexible electrical connectors are provided to electrically connect electronic devices. The flexible electrical connector includes a removable adhesive tape strip having an adhesive surface thereof and an electrically conductive trace disposed on the adhesive tape strip. The flexible electrical connector engages an electronic device to form an electrical contact where the adhesive tape strip has an adhesive surface removably adhesively bonded to the substrate of the electronic device to at least partially cover the electrical contact.


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