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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
May. 08, 1996
Yasushi Kajiwara, Kawaguchi, JP;
Michihiko Tezuka, Kawaguchi, JP;
Enplas Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An electric contact apparatus has a flexible contact sheet 13. A plurality of conductive elements 14 are provided on a front side of the flexible contact sheet 13 and are arranged in parallel with each other along the direction of arrangement of electrodes 4 arranged on an insulating substrate 2 of a liquid crystal display panel 1 so as to be brought into contact with the electrodes 4, respectively. An internally sealed elastic tube 17 is supported in a groove 18 formed on one side of a pressing plate 11 and extends along the direction of arrangement of the conductive elements 14 so as to press a part of each contact region between the conductive elements 14 and the electrodes 4.