Method of making a multi-circuit electrical interconnector
AssigneeEssex International, Inc.
InventorGideon A. DuRocher
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Abstract
A method of making a multi-circuit electrical interconnector comprises the molding of an elastomeric, non-conductive frame member having a number of openings extending therethrough corresponding to the number of circuits that are to be interconnected. Each of the openings is overfilled with a module of uncured, heat curable elastomeric resin containing a plurality of electrically conductive particles. All of the modules are subjected to compression and the modules are cured while maintaining them under compression. All of the cured modules are exercised and stabilized physically and electrically by subjecting them to successive applications of compressive force.
Claims24
A method of forming at least one electrically conductive path through a non-conductive member having at least one cavity therein, said method comprising filling said cavity with a mixture of uncured elastomeric resin and a plurality of electrically conductive particles;
- curing said resin to produce an elastomeric module;
- and exercising said module following curing thereof to dissipate substantially its physical hysteresis by successively applying and releasing compressive force repeatedly to and from said module.
A method of making an electrical connector comprising molding and curing a heat curable elastomeric resin to form a flat, electrically non-conductive member having at least one cavity therein;
- introducing to said cavity a mixture of uncured, non-conductive, elastomeric resin and a quantity of electrically conductive particles, said mixture having a volume greater than that of said cavity;
- compressing said mixture;
- curing said resin while maintaining said mixture under compression to form an elastomeric, electrically conductive module supported by said member, and substantially dissipating physical hysteresis of said module by successively applying and releasing compressive force repeatedly to and from said module following curing of the latter.
In a method of making an electrical connector of the kind comprising a non-conductive body having at least one cavity occupied by an electrically conductive, cured, elastomeric module, the improvement comprising substantially dissipating physical hysteresis of said cured module by successively applying and releasing compressive force to and from said module a plurality of times.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.