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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:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Daugherty, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439493 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector (10) is provided in which a flexible circuit (11) is attached to the connector assembly which is associated with a circuit board (12) by sliding onto pins (56) that project from the board (12). The connector assembly includes a housing (13) within which is a pressure bar (29) bonded to a pad (37) that is bonded to the flexible circuit (11). A slide (41) on the exterior of the housing (13) can actuate a spring (54) to cause the pressure bar (29) to press the contacts (39) on the flexible circuit (11) against the contacts (40) of a circuit board (12).