US3193789A
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Electrical circuitry
Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1962-08-01
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Granted: 1965-07-06
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Expires: 1982-08-01
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 William C Brown
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 18:29
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/46; H05K3/4611; H05K3/4614; H05K3/4617; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/51; H01R12/52; H05K3/40; H05K3/4038; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/095; H05K2201/09563; H05K2201/096; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10227; H05K2201/10234; H05K2201/10333; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/03; H05K2203/0369; H05K2203/04; H05K2203/041; H05K3/02; H05K3/06; H05K3/22; H05K3/28; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49155; Y10T29/49165; Y10T29/49167
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A PRINTED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: SUPERIMPOSED DISASSEMBLABLE INSULATING SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PLUG ELEMENTS IN ROWS AND COLUMNS, SAID ELEMENTS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY AND HAVING TERMINAL PORTIONS FLUSH WITH MAJOR PLANAR SURFACES OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID ROWS AND COLUMNS OF ELEMENTS IN EACH SAID SUPPORT MEMBER BEING ALIGNED WITH CORRESPONDING ROWS AND COLUMNS OF ELEMENTS OF THE NEXT ADJACENT SUPPORT MEMBER, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE RECESS IN ONE TERMINAL PORTION AND A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR SURFACE AT ANOTHER TERMINAL PORTION; AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE DEFORMABLE ELEMENT PARTIALLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE RECESS OF EACH OF SAID PLUG ELEMENTS; AND A MEANS FOR APPLYING FORCE TO THE PLANAR SURFACES OF SAID INSULATING SUPPORT MEMBERS THEREBY CAUSING SAID DEFORMABLE ELEMENTS TO DEFORM TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE PLUG ELEMENTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A PRINTED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: SUPERIMPOSED DISASSEMBLABLE INSULATING SUPPORT MEMBERS MOUNTING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PLUG ELEMENTS IN ROWS AND COLUMNS, SAID ELEMENTS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY AND HAVING TERMINAL PORTIONS FLUSH WITH MAJOR PLANAR SURFACES OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID ROWS AND COLUMNS OF ELEMENTS IN EACH SAID SUPPORT MEMBER BEING ALIGNED WITH CORRESPONDING ROWS AND COLUMNS OF ELEMENTS OF THE NEXT ADJACENT SUPPORT MEMBER, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE RECESS IN ONE TERMINAL PORTION AND A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR SURFACE AT ANOTHER TERMINAL PORTION; AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE DEFORMABLE ELEMENT PARTIALLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE RECESS OF EACH OF SAID PLUG ELEMENTS; AND A MEANS FOR APPLYING FORCE TO THE PLANAR SURFACES OF SAID INSULATING SUPPORT MEMBERS THEREBY CAUSING SAID DEFORMABLE ELEMENTS TO DEFORM TO PROVIDE AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE PLUG ELEMENTS.
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