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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4928206 | Foldable printed circuit board A printed circuit board assembly is disclosed which includes a number of rigid printed circuit boards connected by a number of flexible printed circuit panels. Integrated circuits and similar components are mounted on the rigid printed circuit boards. The... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4923406 | Spindle motor flex cable An improved spindle motor flex cable and related mounting arrangement are provided for use in a computer disk drive unit to couple a disk drive spindle motor to associated drive electronics. The flex cable comprises a flexible ribbon base with multiple co... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4913656 | Electrical connector An electrical connector is presented for effecting a non-wiping pressure mated connection between at least a pair of flexible circuits and another circuit device in a compact package with allowance for very tight tolerances on pad width and spacing.... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4911644 | Electrical connector A connection device for connecting the strip conductors of a flat tape-like cable to corresponding conductor tracks on a printed circuit board, includes one member backed by a member for engaging the cable across its width and formed with projections for ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4907975 | Electrical connector utilizing flexible electrical circuitry An assembly for interconnecting two relatively rigid circuit cards using a flexible circuit for forming this connection is provided. The assembly includes a housing which has a first pressure exerting member which has the flexible circuit reeved therearou... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4906803 | Flexible supporting cable for an electronic device and method of making same A flexible supporting cable for an electronic device which includes a steel foil substrate, a layer of polymer on portions of the substrate, circuit pads on the polymer layer having both the bottom and top surfaces of the pads exposed; circuit lines exten... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4902236 | Flex circuit and cable assembly A flex circuit and cable assembly for interconnecting printed circuit boards includes a flexible insulating substrate having a conductive ground plane formed on one side and first and second sets of longitudinally extending and interdigitated conductive t... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4886461 | Zero insertion force electrical connector A zero insertion force electrical connector for electrically connecting two electrical members. A plurality of first electrical contacts on a first member engage a plurality of second electrical on a second member. An isostratic medium is retained against... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4871319 | Molded circuit board for ribbon cable connector A paddle board for a connector for one or two ribbon cables having closely spaced signal and ground wires, includes on one or both major surfaces a plurality of wire-terminating pads comprising conductive material along bottoms of wire-receiving grooves p... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4871315 | Ribbon cable connector An electrical connector terminates ribbon cable intended for electrical connection to a PCB. The connector presents multiple contacts from the ribbon cable for engagement with mating terminals on the PCB as the connector is first moved into position for m... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4869670 | Wire harness arrangement for automotive vehicle Wire harnesses for connecting a number of electric devices mounted on an automotive vehicle are arranged on flat resin frame covers fixed to vehicle frames or directly on resin vehicle frames or most preferably on a resin vehicle body, in order to facilit... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4861272 | Impedance controlled connector interface A connector interface for electrically mating a multi-row connector with a printed circuit board is defined by a flex circuit in the form of laminated polyimide layers having conductive traces for each interconnect pair with connection fields at the oppos... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4860088 | Electrical interconnect tape A flexible beam lead tape having three layers having trace conductors, a dielectric and a ground plane. Vias extend through the dielectric layer at the first and second ends of the electrical conductors for providing versatile connections to either ends o... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4824379 | Flexible circuit connection assembly In a flexible circuit connector assembly, a first circuit has exposed contacts which are positioned in register with the termination pads of another circuit by means of a connector which mechanically clamps the two circuits together. The connector include... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4824391 | Connector for flat flexible circuit members A connector is provided for joining two flat flexible cables. The connector comprises a carrier having an elongated base, a pair of guides extending orthogonally from opposed ends of the base and a generally planar support extending from the base and disp... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4815981 | Flexible printed circuit board terminal structure A flexible printed circuit board terminal structure includes a flexible printed circuit board composed of electrically conductive patterns formed on a flexible insulative film of a thermoplastic synthetic resin by the screen-printing of an electrically co... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4813194 | Composite chassis for electronic apparatus A composite chassis for electronic apparatus incorporates a sheet metal substrate with injection-molded plastic structural members and other details added. Certain mounting details permit good mechanical and electrical connection of external frame members... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4811165 | Assembly for circuit modules The assembly includes a heat-conductive plate onto which a pair of circuit modules are mounted, one module on each side of the plate. A continuous piece of flexible material, such as polyimide, forms the substrate for one circuit module, passes around an ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808113 | Connector for flexible flat cable A miniaturized surface mountable connector arrangement for connecting printed circuits on a printed circuit board to another circuit member, such as flat flex cable is provided. Each circuit on the circuit board is provided with at least two spaced apart ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4806106 | Interconnect lead frame for thermal ink jet printhead and methods of manufacture Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for interconnecting a flexible (flex) circuit, printed circuit or the like to an ink jet printhead or other similar electronic device. This approach includes providing a flexible lead frame member between the fle... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4798541 | Right angle electrical connector A right angle connector which can be added to connector pads pre-existing on a mother board easily and inexpensively to accept a daughter board at any time for system enhancement. The right angle connection is also inexpensively manufactured and installed... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4793815 | Electrical connector An electrical connector which provides a positive interconnection between the exposed conductor runs of a flexible printed circuit film and corresponding conductors on a printed circuit board by utilizing an insulated block mounted on the printed circuit ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4790760 | Power distribution adapter A power distribution system includes flexible cable interconnected to receptacle connectors which can be interconnected to mother boards or daughter boards. To assist in the distribution of power, an adapter member is disclosed which can be interconnected... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4787854 | Connector for flat connections The invention provides a connector for flat connections adapted for connecting electrically together printed circuit tracks or printed circuit tracks to a flat cable or two flat cables together. The connector includes a sleeve made from a shape memory mat... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4781601 | Header for an electronic circuit A header for an electronic circuit includes two complementary portions. The electronic circuit is a flexible circuit with leads on opposite side edges. The opposite side leads are received by the header portions and fixed in place as by epoxy. The two hea... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4776806 | Low-profile connector assembly A connector is formed as a molded body having a sub-assembly that includes a terminal board aligned transverse to the longitudinal axis of the cable and an attached receptacle strip that includes an array of pin-receiving receptacles. The receptacles are ... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4763660 | Flexible and disposable electrode belt device The unitary flexible and disposable electrode belt and method is for receiving and transmitting electric current or voltage for use on the body of a patient. The belt has a unitary layered body structure that is releasably secured to the patient. The belt... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4755147 | Flex head connector with ground plane A flexible head connector with a ground plane for connecting a daughter board to a mother board.... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4753005 | Multiconductor electrical cable terminations and methods and apparatus for making same Cables having interspersed co-planar signal and ground wires are terminated at a planar circuit board by stapling the cable to the circuit board with a bus member, mechanically and electrically connecting the signal wires to signal wire termination sites ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4744764 | Connector arrangement A connector system for electrically connecting contacts of a flexible printed circuit carried by a daughter board with fixed contacts carried by a mother board, the flexible circuit serving as a connector to circuits on the daughter board, and the contact... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4740162 | Lamp socket assembly A lamp socket assembly for retaining a wedge base bulb and being configured to be insert mounted into the aperture of a rigid support panel so as to capture and make contact with exposed conductors on an intermediate flexible printed circuit layer. The so... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4717989 | Heat sink, EMI shield and controller module assembly for a portable radio transceiver A controller module includes a cast module base having a central recess with a peripheral ledge. A cover plate is positioned in the recess and supported by the ledge. A flexible circuit is attached to the inside surface of the cover plate and includes two... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4708661 | Modified BNC connector for active probe A modified BNC connector for connecting an active probe to an active probe to an electronic instrument includes a female BNC input on the instrument for cooperatively mating with the male BNC output of the probe. The female BNC input includes a flex circu... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4697885 | Display device and decal for forming a display panel terminal After the process of manufacturing a cell of a display device, a thick film conductor is bonded onto the terminal portion of a transparent electrode of the display panel by a dry or wet transfer mounting method and a flexible printed circuit board for a d... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4695108 | Connector for flexible printed circuit board A connector for flexible substrates which can prevent the flexible substrate exactly from being pulled against ordinary pull-out force and allows the flexible substrate to be pulled out without being broken even when abnormally strong pull-out force beyon... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4691972 | Solderless connection apparatus A solderless connector for effecting the connection between a multi-layer flexible circuit and other electronic circuit devices is presented. A first embodiment of the present invention is characterized by wrapping separated layers of a two or more layer ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4687274 | Electrical contacts A pair of elements for providing slidable electrical contact therebetween wherein the contact surface of at least one of the elements comprises a plurality of contact portions and a plurality of depressed portions in between the contact portions so that w... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4687266 | Electrical connecting terminal A frame member is bonded on a base plate having a plurality of electrical contacts thereon. The frame member includes a plurality of apertures corresponding to the electrical contacts. Bonding means bonding the frame member on the base plate is formed by ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4684183 | Connector for flexible printed circuit An electrical connector includes elastic female contacts arranged in an insulating housing having opening, and a spring member obtained by V-bending an elastic sheet. A flexible printed circuit (FPC), which is attached to the V-bent outside surface of the... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4682828 | Bus bar bridged pc board for transitional termination of multiple cables and method A transitional printed circuit board (10) is disclosed for terminating four multiconductor flat electrial transmission cables (44, 46, 48, 50) wherein only a single substrate (12) is utilized. A first electrical plane (A) is formed on one side of the subs... | 07/28/1987 |
