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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1997
Paul Christopher Berg, Batavia, IL (US);
Harry N. Etters, Plainfield, IL (US);
Robert M. Fuerst, Maple Park, IL (US);
Todd A. Hester, Montgomery, IL (US);
Fred Love Krehbiel, Chicago, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a flat flexible dielectric substrate less than 0.050 inch thick and having a generally round hole of a given diameter. A substantially square or polygonal terminal pin is inserted into the round hole in the substrate. The pin has a given cross-dimension between opposite diametral corners thereof greater than the diameter of the round hole. The difference between the cross-dimension of the pin and the diameter of the round hole is on the order of 7% to 67% of the diameter of the hole.