Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switch structures for use on printed circuit boards
- Patent Title (中): 用于印刷电路板的开关结构
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Application No.: US12150684Application Date: 2008-04-29
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Publication No.: US08111522B2Publication Date: 2012-02-07
- Inventor: Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Teodor Dabov , Richard Hung Minh Dinh , Jun Sun , Michael Rosenblatt
- Applicant: Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Teodor Dabov , Richard Hung Minh Dinh , Jun Sun , Michael Rosenblatt
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Ropes & Gray LLP
- Main IPC: H05K7/02
- IPC: H05K7/02 ; A01H9/18

Abstract:
An electrical contact area on a printed circuit board (“PCB”), that would otherwise be subject to abrasion and possibly also corrosion, can be protected by covering it with another, more durable contact structure that is bonded to the first-mentioned contact area using an anistropic conductive adhesive (“ACA”). The more durable contact structure may include a member of PCB material or the like with electrically connected electrical contacts on its upper and lower surfaces. At least the upper one of these contacts (which is exposed for the service that involves possible abrasion and/or corrosion) may be given high durability by plating it with hard gold. The lower of these contacts is adhered to the main PCB via the above-mentioned ACA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090266699A1 Switch structures for use on printed circuit boards Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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