# US 10,312,610 B1 · Optimally interconnectable terminal matrix with circuit identification

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- Number: US 10,312,610 B1
- Document ID: US10312610B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/107,675
- Filed: 2018-08-21
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2018-08-21
- Applicants: Pablo Oscar Olivera Brizzio
- Inventors: Pablo Oscar Olivera Brizzio
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10312610B1

## CPC

- H01R 12/585: {Terminals having a press fit or a compliant portion and a shank passing through a hole in the printed circuit board}
- H05K 1/0268: {for electrical inspection or testing}
- H05K 1/0289: {having a matrix lay-out, i.e. having selectively interconnectable sets of X-conductors and Y-conductors in different planes}
- H05K 2201/10295: Metallic connector elements partly mounted in a hole of the PCB
- H05K 2201/10409: Screws
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS

## Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for optimally interconnecting a plurality of N electrical endpoints. The apparatus comprises a substrate having a number of terminals equal to at least the number required to short one or more unique pairs of the N endpoints. For example, to enable all combinations of two endpoints to be made between N endpoints, the apparatus comprises N(N−1)/2 terminals. Each terminal comprises a first contact coupled to a first endpoint and a second contact coupled to a second endpoint. The first contact and second contact of any terminal can be shorted to connect their corresponding endpoints. The terminals may be disposed on any side of the substrate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A terminal apparatus for optimally interconnecting a plurality of N endpoints, comprising: a substrate comprising an optimized matrix of one or more terminals, the number of terminals being at least the number required to short one or more unique pairs of the N endpoints, wherein the terminals each comprise a first contact coupled to a first endpoint of the N endpoints and a second contact coupled to a second endpoint of the N endpoints, wherein when the first contact and the second contact are shorted, the first endpoint and the second endpoint are connected, wherein a set of N conductive lanes is disposed on the substrate transverse to another set of N conductive lanes also disposed on the substrate such that each overlap between the N conductive lanes and the another set of N conductive lanes comprises an isolated node that, when shorted, causes the respective lane from the set of N conductive lanes and the respective lane from the another set of N conductive lanes to be connected, wherein each N conductive lane is associated with a unique endpoint of the N endpoints.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the terminals of the optimized matrix are disposed on one or more sides of the substrate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the number of terminals is equal to ((N)(N−1))/2.