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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Applicants:
John T. Venaleck, Painesville, OH (US);
Larry Crofoot, Perry, OH (US);
Inventors:
John T. Venaleck, Painesville, OH (US);
Larry Crofoot, Perry, OH (US);
Assignee:
Cardioinsight Technologies, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 3/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/79 (2011.01); H01R 13/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/771 (2013.01); H01R 12/7005 (2013.01); H01R 12/772 (2013.01); H01R 12/79 (2013.01); H01R 13/03 (2013.01); H05K 1/0256 (2013.01); H05K 1/117 (2013.01); H05K 1/118 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes an electrical connector coupled to the end of a flex circuit. The connector includes interior ribs that engage slots in the flex circuit, with the ribs and slots separating adjacent contact pads on the flex circuit. The contact pads are exposed portions of conductive traces on the flex circuit. Other portions of the conductive traces may be covered by a dielectric material, such as a non-conductive ink. The ribs provide an increased isolation path between the contact pads.