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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1988
Thomas E Gouldy, South Williamsport, PA (US);
William C Knoll, Turbotville, PA (US);
Ernest R Ritter, deceased, late of Lewisburg, PA (US);
Thomas M Lynch, Williamsport, PA (US);
Ronald E Steffey, Cochranton, PA (US);
Donald R White, Warwich, RI (US);
Robert E Brown, Stratham, NH (US);
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An electrical connecting device for use with a multiple layered circuit-containing device wherein at least two layers of the multiple layered circuit-containing device each contain a circuit including a plurality of circuit contacts to be electrically connected by the electrical connecting device. The electrical connecting device includes an upper longitudinal peripheral surface joined to a lower longitudinal peripheral surface by an intermediate longitudinal surface to form an elongated member which has a Z-shaped configuration in cross section and is formed from a plurality of Z-shaped connectors shaped from each other in a predetermined amount to effect a moire pattern when superimposed relative to the circuit contacts of at least one of the layers.