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Microcircuit connector

Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1965-03-09
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Granted: 1966-04-12
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Expires: 1985-03-09
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Henry J Scagnelli

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 09:27
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/3405; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/712; H01R12/716; H01R12/718; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/09654; H05K2201/09709; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10227; H05K2201/1034; H05K2201/10386; H05K3/341; H05K3/3421

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 210 words
A MICROCIRCUIT CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS TO A WIRING BOARD, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING TWO ROWS OF TERMIONAL LANDS ON THE SURFACE OF SAID CIRCUIT BOARD AND ARRANGED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND NEAR AN EDGE THEREOF, THE LANDS IN ONE ROW BEING POSITIONED SO THAT LINES PASSING THROUGH THEIR CENTERS AND PERPENDICULAR TO SAID EDGE LIE BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES PASSING THROUGH THE CENTERS OF THE LANDS IN THE OTHER ROW, A PLURALITY OF TERMINAL LANDS ALSO ON SAID WIRING BOARD, MEANS CONNECTING SOME OF THE WIRING BOARD LANDS TO THE LANDS IN ONE OF THE ROWS ON SAID CIRCUIT BOARD, AND OTHER MEANS CONNECTING OTHER WIRING BOARD LANDS TO THE LANDS IN THE OTHER ROW OF SAID CIRCUIT BOARD, SAID OTHER MEANS COMPRISING A ROD OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING TWO ENDS, A BEND IN SAID ROD INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS TO FORM TWO LEGS AND TO SUBSTANTIALLY DEFINE A PLANE, SAID TWO LEGS EACH HAVING AN ADDITIONAL BEND EXTENDING THROUGH A SUFFICIENT ANGLE TO BRING THOSE PORTIONS OF THE TWO LEGS BETWEEN SAID ENDS AND THE SAID ADDITIONAL BENDS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER OUTSIDE SAID PLANE AND SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PORTIONS OF SAID ROD FORMING SAID FIRST NAMED BEND.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1969-04-11 1969-10-11 1970-04-12 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1973-04-11 1973-10-11 1974-04-12 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1977-04-11 1977-10-11 1978-04-12 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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