Patent ID: 6792679
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making connected electrical elements, comprising:(a) forming a metallic thin film on a mold having a plurality of raised ridges arranged in an array, the array of raised ridges corresponding to a conductor pattern of a plurality of spaced first conductor lines to be formed; (b) adherently attaching a transfer layer including an adherent material or an adhesive material and formed on a first substrate to the metallic thin film disposed over the plurality of raised ridges, the transfer layer being more easily deformable than the first substrate; (c) separating the first substrate together along with the transfer layer having the metallic thin film adherently attached thereto from the mold so as to transfer portions of the metallic thin film that covered tops of the raised ridges onto the transfer layer to thereby form a first electrical connecting element, the first electrical connecting element having the conductor pattern of the plurality of conductor lines formed on the transfer layer on the first substrate, wherein surface areas of the transfer layer disposed between the first conductor lines are exposed and are adherable to an object to be attached thereto; (d) providing a second electrical connecting element having a plurality of spaced second conductor lines formed on a second substrate; and (e) pressing the first electrical connecting element against the second electrical connecting element so that portions of the transfer layer exposed between the first conductor lines adhere to the second electrical connecting element and the second conductor lines are held in contact with corresponding first conductor lines, thereby connecting the first and second electrical connecting elements together.