Connector sheet with contacts on opposite sides

Claim 2

A plurality of superimposed connector sheets forming a stack, each connector sheet comprising an insulating foil having a front surface and a rear surface, and being bent upon said reaR surface along a foldline to form a main portion, and a marginal portion abutting said rear surface of said main portion; and conductors secured to said front surface of said insulating foil and including connectors extending on said front surface across said fold line to said marginal portion, each connector having a central portion located across said fold line, and two contact portions located on said main portion and on said marginal portion, respectively, said connectors of each contact sheet being disposed symmetrical to said fold line and being disposed so that said two contact portions of each contact sheet register with each other, and abut the contact portions of other connector sheets so that current can flow from the front and rear of each connector sheet to and from selected conductors of other contact sheets.

Claim 3

A plurality of superimposed connector sheets forming a stack, each connector sheet comprising an insulating foil having a front surface and a rear surface, and being bent upon said reaR surface along a foldline to form a main portion, and a marginal portion abutting said rear surface of said main portion; and conductors secured to said front surface of said insulating foil and including connectors extending on said front surface across said fold line to said marginal portion, each connector having a central portion located across said fold line, and two contact portions located on said main portion and on said marginal portion, respectively, said connectors of each contact sheet being disposed symmetrical to said fold line and being disposed so that said two contact portions of each contact sheet register with each other, and abut the contact portions of other connector sheets so that current can flow from the front and rear of each connector sheet to and from selected conductors of other contact sheets.

Claim 4

A plurality of superimposed connector sheets forming a stack, each connector sheet comprising an insulating foil having a front surface and a rear surface, and being bent upon said reaR surface along a foldline to form a main portion, and a marginal portion abutting said rear surface of said main portion; and conductors secured to said front surface of said insulating foil and including connectors extending on said front surface across said fold line to said marginal portion, each connector having a central portion located across said fold line, and two contact portions located on said main portion and on said marginal portion, respectively, said connectors of each contact sheet being disposed symmetrical to said fold line and being disposed so that said two contact portions of each contact sheet register with each other, and abut the contact portions of other connector sheets so that current can flow from the front and rear of each connector sheet to and from selected conductors of other contact sheets.

Claim 5

Connector sheet as claimed in claim 1 wherein the cross sectional area of said foil is smaller along a line so that said fold line forms along said line when said foil is being bent.

Claim 6

Connector sheet as claimed in claim 1 wherein said foil is perforated along a line so that said fold line forms along said line when said foil is being bent.

Claim 7

A plurality of superimposed connector sheets as claimed in claim 1 wherein each connector has said contact portions at the ends thereof; and wherein said contact portions are wider than the portion of said connector between said contact portions; and wherein said contact portions are disposed symmetrically to said fold line and have the same shape and area so as to exactly register with each other while being insulated from each other by said marginal portion and the part of said main portion of said foil covered by said bent marginal portion.

Claim 8

A plurality of connector sheets, each connector sheet comprising an insulating foil having a front surface and a rear surface, and being bent upon said rear surface along a fold line to form a main portion, and a marginal portion abutting said rear surface of said main portion; and conductors secured to the front surface of said insulating foil and including at least one connector extending on said front surface across said fold line to said marginal portion, each connector having two contact portions located on said main portion and on said marginal portion, respectively, and in the front and in the rear of the respective connector sheet so that current can flow from the front or the rear of each connector sheet to and from said conductors, said connector sheets forming a stack in which the parts of said main portions uncovered by said marginal portions are superimposed in a position in which said marginal portions and the parts of said main portion covered by said marginal portions project alternately in opposite direction; said connector of each connector sheet being located symmetrical to said fold line so that the two contact portions of each connector register with each other, and being disposed so that the contact portions of alternate connector sheets register and abut each other whereby the thickness of said stack is the same in the end regions and in the central region of said stack.

Claim 9

A plurality of connector sheets, each connector sheet comprising an insulating foil having a front surface and a rear surface, and being bent upon said rear surface along a fold line to form a main portion, and a marginal portion abutting said rear surface of said main portion; and conductors secured to the front surface of said insulating foil and including at least one connector extending on said front surface across said fold line to said marginal portion, each connector having two contact portions located on said main portion and on said marginal portion, respectively, and in the front and in the rear of the respective connector sheet so that current can flow from the front or the rear of each connector sheet to and from said conductors, said connector sheets forming a stack in which the parts of said main portions uncovered by said marginal portions are superimposed in a position in which said marginal portions and the parts of said main portion covered by said marginal portions project alternately in opposite direction; said connector of each connector sheet being located symmetrical to said fold line so that the two contact portions of each connector register with each other, and being disposed so that the contact portions of alternate connector sheets register and abut each other whereby the thickness of said stack is the same in the end regions and in the central region of said stack.

Claim 10

A plurality of superimposed connector sheets as claimed in claim 5 forming said stack, in combination with clamping means on opposite sides of said stack pressing said abutting contact portions against each other.

Claim 11

A plurality of superimposed connector sheets as claimed in claim 6 wherein said clamping means act on said marginal portions and on the parts of said main portions covered by said marginal portions in a region spaced from said fold line so that no pressure is exerted on said connectors where the same are bent at said fold line.

Claim 12

A plurality of superimposed connector sheets as claimed in claim 5 forming a stack, and wherein said superimposed connector sheets have holes in the respectively insulating foils of the same, said holes registering when said contact portions of adjacent contact sheets register to that by inserting guide rods inTo registering holes, said contact portions of the connector sheets of the entire stack are placed in exactly registering positions.

Claim 13

A plurality of superimposed connector sheets as claimed in claim 8 wherein said foil of each connector sheet has two of said holes in said marginal portion and in said main portion, respectively, disposed symmetrically to said fold line and registering with each other.

Claim 14

A plurality of connector sheets as claimed in claim 5 wherein each of said connector sheets has a plurality of said connectors having said two registering contact portions on opposite sides of said connector sheet; and wherein said connectors of each connector sheet are arranged in the same pattern so that said contact portions in the two end regions of said stack can be connected with two multiple plugs, respectively.

Claim 15

A plurality of connector sheets as claimed in claim 5 wherein each of said connector sheets has a plurality of said connectors having said two registering contact portions on opposite sides of the respective connector sheet; wherein said contact portions of each connector sheet include input and output contact portions; wherein said conductors include input and output conductors connected with said input and output contact portions, respectively; and wherein said input and output connectors and said input and output contact portions of alternate connector sheets are mirror symmetrical.

Claim 16

A plurality of connector sheets as claimed in claim 5 wherein each of said connector sheets has a plurality of said connectors having said contact portions; wherein said contact portions of each connector sheet include input and output contact portions; wherein said conductors of each connector sheet include input and output conductors connected with said input and output contact portions, respectively, and other conductors connecting said input and output conductors and including interconnected annular conductor portions surrounding registering holes in the part of said main portion which is uncovered by said marginal portion, selected annular conductor portions being interrupted at different points so that current flows in opposite directions through the same; and including magnetizable core means in said registering holes of said superimposed connector sheets, and read out winding means on said core means for generating L and 0 pulses depending on the direction of current flowing through said interrupted annular conductor portions.