Invention Application
- Patent Title: WOVEN MULTIPLE-CONTACT CONNECTOR
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Application No.: PCT/US2002/033191Application Date: 2002-10-17
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Publication No.: WO2003061073A3Publication Date: 2003-07-24
- Inventor: SWEETLAND, Matthew , SUH, Nam, P.
- Applicant: TRIBOTEK, INC. , SWEETLAND, Matthew , SUH, Nam, P.
- Applicant Address: 179 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 US
- Assignee: TRIBOTEK, INC.,SWEETLAND, Matthew,SUH, Nam, P.
- Current Assignee: TRIBOTEK, INC.,SWEETLAND, Matthew,SUH, Nam, P.
- Current Assignee Address: 179 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 US
- Agency: ANASTASI, John, N.
- Priority: US60/348,588 20020115
- Main IPC: H01R13/18
- IPC: H01R13/18
Abstract:
A multiple-contact woven connector including a weave arranged to provide a plurality of tensioned fibers and a conductor woven with the plurality of tensioned fibers so as to form a plurality of peaks and valleys along a length of the conductor. The conductor has a plurality of contact points positioned along the length of the conductor, such that when the conductor engages a conductor of a mating connector element, at least some of the plurality of contact points provide an electrical connection between the conductor of the multiple-contact woven connector and the conductor of the mating connector element. The tensioned fibers of the weave provide a predetermined contact force between the at least some of the plurality of contact points of the conductor of the multiple-contact woven connector and the conductor of the mating connector element.
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