Method and system for producing electrically interconnected circuits
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsJeffrey J. Grange, J. P. Harmon
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Abstract
A system is provided for effectively and efficiently interconnecting a first rigid circuit with a second rigid circuit. The interconnected circuit system includes, in addition to the first and second circuits, a compressive conductive member. The compressive conductive member has a first end for interconnecting engagement with the first circuit and a second end for interconnecting engagement with the second circuit. The first end of the compressive conductive member is connected with the first circuit and the second end of the compressive conductive member with the second circuit thereby connecting the first circuit to the second circuit to form a completed electrical circuit.
Claims14
A method for interconnecting a first circuit to a second circuit, which comprises
- providing a first circuit and a second circuit;
- providing a compressive conductive elongate coil interconnect spring member comprising an elongated coil spring body, the compressive conductive elongate coil interconnect spring member having a first end and a second end joined to a first and second rigid end section;
- and connecting the first and second rigid end section to the first circuit and the second circuit thereby connecting the first circuit to the second circuit to form a completed electrical circuit, at least one of said first and second end sections are permanently joined to said first circuit or said second circuit by soldering.
An interconnected rigid circuit-flexible circuit system, which comprises
- a first circuit and a second circuit;
- a compressive conductive elongate coil interconnect spring member comprising an elongated coil spring body, the compressive conductive elongate coil interconnect spring member having a first end and a second end, said first and second end of said conductive spring member being joined to a first and second rigid end section;
- and the first and second rigid end section conected to the first circuit and the second circuit thereby connecting the first circuit to the second circuit to form a completed electrical circuit, at least one of said first and second end sections are permanently joined to said first circuit or said second circuit by soldering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.