Electrooptic ceramic display and method for making same

An electrooptic display comprising:

• means for controlling the display of selectable indicia in response to an applied electric field, said controlling means including a first and second polarizer, an electrooptic plate disposed between said first and second polarizers and having first and second major surfaces, first and second sets of electrodes disposed on said first and second surfaces, respectively, said first set of electrodes being in mutual registration with said second set of electrodes, first and second groups of conductors disposed on said first and second surfaces, respectively, and connected to said corresponding first and second sets of electrodes, said first and second groups of conductors disposed opposite each other at an edge of said plate;
• an elongate elastomer bar having a plurality of spaced-apart transverse conductive sections and an elongate slit in which said edge of the plate is seated, each conductive section engaging one of the first conductors and an oppositely disposed one of said second group of conductors thereby connecting said first and second groups;
• a printed circuit board having a plurality of spaced-apart conductive runners, said bar engaging said printed circuit board, said runners spaced-apart so as to contact correspondingly spaced ones of said conductive sections, whereby each runner is electrically connected to one electrode in said first set and to an electrode in said second set in mutual registration with said one electrode.