Flexible substrate connectors
AssigneeTAFCO Corp.
InventorFrank Joseph Tortorella, JR.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed including a connector for a flexible substrate including a first connector piece including a first plurality of through holes and a second connector piece including a second plurality of through holes, the second connector piece disposable in opposition to the first connector piece to align the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes to define, via the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes, a grommet and a plurality of fastener receivers. The connector also includes a channel, defined at least in part by the first connector piece, extending across the first connector piece.
Claims20
A connector for a flexible substrate, comprising:
- a first connector piece including a first plurality of through holes;
- a second connector piece including a second plurality of through holes, the second connector piece disposable in opposition to the first connector piece to align the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes to define, via the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes, a grommet and a plurality of fastener receivers;
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- a channel, defined at least in part by the first connector piece, extending across the first connector piece.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a flexible substrate;
- a connector including a first connector piece defining a first plurality of through holes and a second connector piece defining a second plurality of through holes;
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- a plurality of mechanical fasteners connecting the connector to the flexible substrate,
- wherein the first connector piece is disposed adjacent a top surface of the flexible substrate at a periphery of the flexible substrate and the second connector piece is disposed adjacent a bottom surface of the flexible substrate adjacent the periphery of the flexible substrate and in opposition to the first connector piece to align the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes to define a grommet and to define a plurality of fastener receivers, the plurality of mechanical fasteners being inserted through the fastener receivers and through the flexible substrate to connect the first connector piece, the second connector piece, and the flexible substrate.
A method of forming a connector for a flexible substrate, comprising:
- disposing a first connector piece on a top surface of a flexible substrate at a first peripheral portion of the flexible substrate, the first connector piece defining a first plurality of through holes;
- aligning a second connector piece on a bottom surface of the flexible substrate at the first peripheral portion in opposition to the first connector piece, the second connector piece defining a second plurality of through holes;
- forming a plurality of through holes in the flexible substrate at positions corresponding to the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes;
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- securing the first connector piece and the second connector piece to the flexible substrate via mechanical fasteners inserted through the first plurality of through holes, the second plurality of through holes and the plurality of through holes in the flexible substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.