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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1996
Gary Joe Hamlin, Windham, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Generally, the invention includes a connector system for making an electrical connection between a first flexible circuit having raised features and another device such as a second flexible circuit, a printed circuit board, or semi-conductor device. The flexible circuit, printed circuit board or semi-conductor device have contact pads for mating with the raised feature of the first flexible circuit. A mounting bar is provided and a leaf spring(s) secured thereto. The raised features of the first flexible circuit that are aligned and overlie the leaf spring(s). The second flexible circuit, printed circuit board or semi-conductor device is positioned so that the contact pad mates to the raised features on the first flexible circuit. Posts extend upward from the mounting bar, and a slide locking bar having slots formed therein is slid around the post to lock the first flexible circuit and the other device in a mating arrangement.