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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:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chris M Schreiber, Lake Elsinore, CA (US);
Bao Le, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Assignee:
Packard Hughes Interconnect Company, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29848 ; 29874 ; 29883 ; 29884 ; 439 67 ; 439 68 ;
Abstract
A printed-circuit-type electrical contact pad having a plurality of electrically conductive metal traces and a plurality of protuberant electrical contacts projecting from the traces. The protuberances comprise an electrically conductive elastomer having a wide base portion anchored in the end of the trace by a truncated portion of the trace upstanding from the face of the pad. A denuded tip portion of the elastomer extends from the base portion for resiliently engaging a contact site on an electrical device to which the pad is coupled. A unique process for making the aforesaid pad is disclosed and claimed.