Patent ID: 8011932
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector for textile materials having conductive threads comprising: a housing, and a termination element in the form of a circuit board; wherein said housing comprises a lower part and an upper part, said lower part being adapted to be mounted to said upper part, wherein a recess is formed in the lower part that is adapted to receive the circuit board and wherein the circuit board is received in the recess with connecting tabs of the circuit board facing upward; a contact region of a textile material that is connected to the circuit board is located in the area of the connecting tabs of the circuit board; the textile material, is fixed adjacent to and on one side of the connecting tabs of the circuit board; the textile material is stretched in one of a longitudinal direction and a direction of the conductive threads; and exposed conductive threads/wires at the contact region of the textile material are soldered to the connecting tabs of the circuit board.