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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:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Michael J. Tate, Balsam Lake, WI (US);
David G. Sime, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Tate, Balsam Lake, WI (US);
David G. Sime, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Soligic, Inc., North Mankato, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments relate to coupling and/or holding devices for electrically and/or mechanically contacting circuit elements, such as power sources, sensors, transducers and other devices. In one embodiment, a coupling device comprises a substrate having at least one printed conductive element and at least one fold, flap, slit, slot, perforation or other alteration configured to encourage contact between a circuit element, such as a battery, sensor, transducer or other element, and the at least one printed conductive element.