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US 4,376,798 AGranted
Mass connector device
AssigneeRaychem Corporation
InventorStephen H. Diaz
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Abstract
A connector device comprises first and second layers of substantially cross-linkable material, the first layer having inserts in contact therewith, the second layer having been expanded and thereafter formed into working and bonding zones, and the sheets being bonded together at the bonding zones for acceptance of substrates to be connected. The device is so constructed that the working zone center-to-center spacing remains constant on recovery.
Claims10
A connector device for connecting substrates which comprise:
- first and second sheets having an original heat-stable shape, said shape being changed to a second heat-unstable shape, and thereafter being formed into alternate working and bonding zones having horizontal center lines, said bonding zones comprising compliant regions for maintaining the distance between the working zone center lines upon recovery of the device,
- said first and second sheets having substantially the same expansion ratios, and
- said sheets being brought into proper registry with one another at their bonding zones and thereafter being bonded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.