Active device thread electrical connections
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorEric Kline
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Abstract
Methods and an active device thread system are disclosed for electrically connecting an active device thread to an output. In one embodiment, an active device thread includes a substantially conical end that has elements of the thread exposed for coupling to a mating portion of an output. In an alternative embodiment, an active device thread includes a tapered cut that has elements of the thread exposed for coupling to a mating portion of an output. The invention also includes an active device thread system including an electrical connection including one of a substantially conical end that exposes at least two elements of the active device thread and a tapered cut that exposes at least two elements of the active device thread, and a mating portion on an output.
Claims20
A method of electrically connecting a first active device tread to an output, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an electrical connection area that exposes at least two elements of the first active device thread, wherein at least one of the exposed elements includes a substantially conical end;
- and
- electrically connecting the exposed elements to the output.
A method of electrically connecting a first active device thread to an output, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an electrical connection area including a tapered cut on the first active device thread that exposes at least two elements of the first active device thread;
- and
- electrically connecting the exposed elements to the output.
An active device thread connector system comprising:
- an electrical connection for electrically connecting an active device thread to an output, the electrical connection including one of:
- a) a substantially conical end that exposes at least two elements of the active device thread, and
- b) a tapered cut that exposes at least two elements of the active device thread;
- and
- a mating portion on the output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.