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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert T Smith, Round Rock, TX (US);
Chang-Hwa Chung, San Jose, CA (US);
Yu C Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439259 ; 1741 / ; 439329 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector having first and second coacting engagable parts for mating a plurality of spaced electrical contacts in which the system includes predictable alignment, contact force and wiping features. The connector may use flexible circuit tape as the contact elements in which a plurality of modules may be utilized to be aligned separately to avoid cumulative alignment errors. The flexible circuit tape may be a TAB type tape which is configured to allow the end user with the capability to program the signal/ground ratio of the interconnect.