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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:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1997
Rolf W Biernath, Maplewood, MN (US);
Robert S Reylek, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Wing C Chow, Austin, TX (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A separable electrical connector assembly includes at least one connector body having a planar array of conductive protrusions. The conductive protrusions can be metallurgically bonded or pressure engaged with conductive contact pads on a surface of a printed circuit substrate, such as a printed circuit board or a flex circuit. In addition, a variety of decoupling means can be incorporated to substantially decouple the metallurgical bonds or pressure engagements from stresses produced by use of the separable electrical connector assembly and differential thermal expansion between the connector body and the printed circuit substrate.