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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1996
Regina Eberhardt, Calw, DE;
Frank Notter, Nufringen, DE;
Willi Recktenwald, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Andreas Renner, Ammerbuch, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for establishing an electrical and/or optic connection of a first and a second component with a third component with connection means 14, 15 for electrical and/or optic connection of the first and second component with each other, whereby the connection means 14, 15 allow mechanical free-play between the first and second component, with a connection link 13, 16 each for the first and the second component for electrical and/or optic connection of the first and the second with a third component, and with an apparatus 31, 32, 33, 34 for limitation of the mechanical free-play between the first and the second component.