Patent ID: 7052763

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a substrate member including a length, a width, a thickness, and a surface area, the substrate member including a polymer, a plurality of conductive members and a plurality of non-conductive members, each of the conductive members and the non-conductive members have a length and an imaginary axis; wherein the plurality of conductive members comprises a plurality of conductive fibers and a polymer material, the plurality of conductive fibers configured in a relation to each other and in association with the polymer material; wherein the plurality of conductive members and the plurality of non-conductive members are disposed in the substrate member and are situated with respect to each other and form a matrix configuration including at least one dimension between the imaginary axis of the plurality of conductive members and including at least one dimension between the imaginary axis of the plurality of non-conductive members; wherein at least one non-conductive member is situated between at least two conductive members; wherein the conductive members and the non-conductive members are in a non-woven relation in the substrate member; wherein the polymer of the substrate member is solidified about at least a portion of a periphery of the plurality of conductive members and is solidified about at least a portion of a periphery of the plurality of non-conductive members forming an integral structure; and wherein at least one conductive member includes an exposed surface for contact.