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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Pope, Austin, TX (US);
Guenter Ploehn, Bad Schwartau, DE;
Thomas M Cherney, Georgetown, TX (US);
Juergen K Schmidt, Hamburg, DE;
David S Hardcastle, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Adalberto Gonzalez, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 74 ; 439660 ;
Abstract
An interconnection providing multiple electrical interconnections at a fine pitch can be formed in a pluggable and unpluggable form having a pitch on the order of 0.8 mm, using four rows of contact elements in each of the plug and socket which are in a continuous row and not staggered along the row with other contact elements, making the interconnection easier to manufacture and utilize.