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US 2019/0097329 A1Published application
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.
Claims27
A snap fastener system comprising:
- a conductive first snap fastener portion in electrical and physical contact with a first electronic component;
- a second snap fastener portion;
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- 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.
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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;
- providing a snap ring including one or more 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;
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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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.