Patent ID: 6712648
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:a plurality of layers each having a first side and a second side, each of said plurality of layers having longitudinal grooves in at least one of said first side and said second side, each of said longitudinal grooves being electrically conductive, each of said plurality of layers being adjacent at least one other layer with a first layer having a first side not adjacent to another layer and a last layer having a second side not adjacent to another layer and with a first side of each other layer being adjacent to a second side of another layer each of said longitudinal grooves being electrically insulated from all other longitudinal grooves; and a plurality of contacts each electrically engaged with a respective groove; wherein each of said plurality of layers is made of an electrically conductive material and has an electrically non-conductive coating thereon, said longitudinal grooves being electrically insulated from said conductive material by said non-conductive coating.