Cable apparatus and method
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorTroy B. Holland
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Abstract
A cable apparatus and method. A board connector and method. The cable assembly may include a cable. The cable assembly and/or the board connector may include one or more connectors and/or one or more conductors. The cable assembly may be a waveguide. The cable assembly, the board connector, or portions thereof, may be made by D3 printing or additive manufacturing, including multi-material 3D printing or additive manufacturing. Multi-material can include two or more of electrically non-conductive or insulative material, electrically conductive material, electrically lossy material, and magnetically absorbing material.
Claims18
A cable assembly comprising:
- a cable and at least one first connector monolithically attached to a first end of the cable;
- and
- wherein the cable and the at least one first connector are both printed using a 3D printer.
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A 3D printed electrical connector comprising:
- a 3D printed electrically non-conductive housing;
- and
- at least one 3D printed electrical contact or electrical conductor.
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An electrical cable assembly comprising:
- an electrically insulative housing;
- electrical conductors carried by the electrically insulative housing;
- and
- coaxial or twin axial or flex circuit cables each including one or two cable conductors, respectfully,
- wherein the finished electrical cable assembly is devoid of a mechanically coined or pressed cable conductor;
- a mechanical crimp between a cable conductor and an associated leadframe conductor or an associated printed circuit board pad;
- solder connection between a cable conductor and an associated leadframe conductor or an associated printed circuit board pad;
- an insulation displacement connection between a cable conductor and an associated leadframe conductor or an associated printed circuit board pad;
- a weld or ultrasonic weld or ultrasonic bond between a cable connector and an associated leadframe conductor or an associated printed circuit board pad;
- an electrically conductive polymer or an electrically conductive epoxy between a cable connector and an associated leadframe conductor or an associated printed circuit board pad;
- and a laser attach between a cable conductor and an associated leadframe conductor or an associated printed circuit board pad.
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A 3D printed cable assembly comprising:
- an electrically conductive material and an electrically non-conductive material;
- and
- wherein the electrically conductive material and the electrically non-conductive material are both printed during a single print period or single print cycle or single print operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.