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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2000
Andrew Zachary Glovatsky, Plymouth, MI (US);
Pawel Kalinowski, Birmingham, MI (US);
Richard Keith McMillan, Dearborn, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for splicing flexible circuit boards, particularly those having one or more flexible strip extensions with conductor runs. The splice clamp of the present invention has two hinged plates that clamp over unconnected ends of two flexible circuit board segments. The splice clamp includes alignment guides for aligning the segments in the clamp so that one or more jumpers contact and provide an electrical bridge between the conductors of the segments when the plates are clamped together. The jumpers contact conductive pads of larger size than the conductor runs to ensure electrical coupling between the flexible circuit board segments. The jumpers may have pointed tips that cut through insulation. The clamp includes flexible clasps on one plate that engage with catch surfaces on the other plate to lock the flexible circuit board segments spliced together.