Flex circuit connector

A flex circuit connector for electrical and hermetically sealed connection to a flex circuit having a proximal end with a plurality of exposed contact pads thereon, the contact pads of each exposed through openings in a layer of the flex circuit, said flex circuit connector comprising:

• a terminal block having a body formed from a resilient insulative elastomer and a plurality of conductive strips embedded within said body, said conductive strips having edges exposed at one side face of said body, and said body defining insulative material circumscribing the exposed edges of said conductive strips at said one side face;
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• clamp means for clamping the proximal end of the flex circuit against said one side face of said body, with said contact pads respectively and conductively engaging said conductive strips, and with said body engaging the flex circuit in hermetically sealed relation along a line of contact circumscribing the contact pads.

A flex circuit connector for interconnecting a pair of flex circuits each having a proximal end with at least one exposed conductive contact pad thereon, the contact pads of each flex circuit exposed through openings in a layer of the flex circuit, said flex circuit connector comprising:

• a terminal block having a body formed from a resilient insulative elastomer to define opposite side faces, and at least one conductive strip embedded within said body and having opposite edges exposed at said opposite side faces, said body defining insulative material circumscribing said conductive strip along an uninterrupted line at both of said opposite side faces;
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• clamp means for clamping the proximal ends of the flex circuits in face-to-face relation in engagement with said opposite side faces of said body and with said contact pads in conductive engagement with said at least one conductive strip, said body engaging each of said flex circuits in hermetically sealed relation along a line of contact circumscribing the contact pads.