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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Laurence Alan Daane, Sherwood, OR (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439495 ; 439 67 ; 439 77 ;
Abstract
An interconnection mechanism (1) for electrically connecting circuit paths (2) on respective flexible printed circuits (3) has clamping jaws (4, 5) to clamp a stack (6) of overlapped flexible printed circuits (3) that are in fixed registration on said mechanism (1), the clamping jaws (4, 5) having directly opposed, raised surfaces (14, 15) forcing said circuit paths (2) between the surfaces (14, 15) to engage at multiple spaced locations.