Patent ID: 6739878
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
A pressure point contact arrangement for interconnecting conductive strips carried on a flexible cable with conductive strips carried on a rigid support comprising:a solid mound carried on each of said conductive strips of said flexible cable; a pad carried on each of said conductive strips of said support; alignment means cooperatively disposed between said flexible cable and said support for positioning and locating said mound with said pad; compressive means coupling said flexible cable with said rigid support for applying pressure to said mound and said pad for providing an electrical and a mechanical integral connection between said mound and said pad; means cooperating with said flexible cable and said rigid support for guiding said mound into engagement with said pad preparatory to application of pressure; said flexible cable includes an insulative clad over said plurality of conductive strips; said clad having apertures exposing said mounds for engagement with said pads; said compression means includes a pair of plates wherein one plate is a flat plate bearing against said flexible cable and another plate which is an arcuate plate having a bowed midsection bearing against said flat plate; pressure means carried on said rigid support with adjustable pressure applicators bearing against said arcuate plate for urging said bowed midsection to initially engage against said flat plate and subsequently causing opposite ends of said arcuate plate to press against said flat plate; and receptacles integrally provided on said pads and each receptacle having a recess for insertably receiving said mounds in an integral interference fit in response to said compression means.