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US 4,100,856 AGranted
Fuze encoder
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorRichard Thomas Ziemba
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Abstract
A method of manufacture of a tape reader utilizing spring contacts particularly adapted to ordnance use, wherein the spring contacts are closely and accurately spaced apart and comprise a reliable assembly of very few parts.
Claims10
A method of manufacture of a contact assembly having a plurality of contact springs comprising:
- providing a support having a like plurality of spaced apart conductive lands;
- providing a helical spring having a like plurality of turns;
- disposing each of said turns adjacent a respective one of said lands;
- mechanically and electrically fixing a portion of each of said turns to the respective adjacent land;
- and
- cutting each turn.
3 more elements
A contact assembly having a plurality of contact springs made according to the process of:
- providing a support having a like plurality of spaced apart conductive lands;
- providing a helical spring having a like plurality of turns;
- disposing each of said turns adjacent a respective one of said lands;
- mechanically and electrically fixing a portion of each of said turns to the respective adjacent land;
- and
- cutting each turn to form a respective one of said plurality of contact springs.
3 more elements
A contact assembly comprising:
- a support having a plurality of spaced apart conductive lands;
- and
- a like plurality of turns of a helical spring, each turn cut and spaced from its adjacent turn and disposed adjacent to and mechanically and electrically fixed to a respective one of said plurality of lands, each turn forming a substantially C-shaped spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.