Snap fastener system for e-textiles
AssigneeMide Technology Corporation
InventorsTimothy R. Gipson, Noel Jared Keegan
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Abstract
A snap fastener system includes a conductive first snap fastener portion in electrical and physical contact with a first electronic component, a second snap fastener portion, and a snap ring including tines mated to one of the first and/or second snap fastener portions and including one or more conductive insulation displacement tines which cut through the insulation covering a wire to be electrically coupled to the first electronic component.
Claims29
A snap fastener system for a fabric article with one or more insulated wires embedded therein, the system comprising:
- a conductive first snap fastener portion in electrical and physical contact with a first electronic component;
- a second snap fastener portion snap mateable to the first snap fastener portion;
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- a snap ring including tines mated to one of the first and/or second snap fastener portions about the fabric article and including one or more conductive insulation displacement tines which pierce through the fabric and cut through the insulation covering a said wire to be electrically coupled to the first electronic component.
The method of manufacturing a snap fastener system, the method comprising:
- providing a conductive first snap fastener portion in electrical and physical contact with a first electrical component;
- providing a second snap fastener portion snap mateable to the first snap fastener portion;
- providing a snap ring including one or more tines mated to one of the first and/or second snap fastener portions about a fabric and including one or more conductive insulation displacement tines which pierce through the fabric and which cut through the insulation covering a wire to be electrically coupled to the first electronic component;
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- providing overlay tape to a circumferential edge of the second snap fastener portion configured to be received by a vacuum pickup system.
A snap fastener system comprising:
- a conductive male snap fastener portion having top portion in electrical and physical contact with a first electronic component and a friction fit central stud extending from the top portion;
- a female snap fastener portion including a central socket receiving the friction fit central stud therein;
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- a snap ring including tines mated to the female snap fastener portion and including one or more conductive insulation displacement tines which cut through the insulation covering a wire to be electrically coupled to the first electronic component via the one or more conductive insulation displacement tines, the female snap fastener portion, the friction fit central stud, and the male snap fastener top portion.
A snap fastener system comprising:
- a conductive female snap fastener portion in electrical and physical contact with a first electronic component and including a central socket;
- a male snap fastener portion including a central, stud received in the central female snap fastener portion socket;
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- a snap ring including tines mated to the male snap fastener portion and including one or more conductive insulation displacement tines which cut through the insulation covering a wire to be electrically coupled to the first electronic component via the one or more conductive insulation displacement tines, the male snap fastener portion stud, and the female snap fastener portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.