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Rigid electrical connection to strain sensitive sensing component

  • US 10,673,184 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2018
  • Issued: 06/02/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a sensor package implementing a kinematic sensor and having a first surface comprising one or more electrical contact pads;

    a housing comprising a first cavity configured to receive said sensor package and a second cavity configured to receive an electrical connector, wherein the first cavity and the second cavity are separated by a wall, the first cavity is accessible through an opening in the housing, a support surface is located within the first cavity opposite the opening and extending from the wall separating the first cavity and the second cavity, the opening in the housing has dimensions allowing the sensor package to be placed and manipulated within the first cavity; and

    one or more stitched terminals stitched into the wall separating the first cavity and the second cavity, each having a sensor contact end extending from the wall into the first cavity and a connector contact end extending from the wall into the second cavity,wherein (i) at least one of the sensor package and the stitched terminals is positionable to align the electrical contact pads with the sensor contact ends of the stitched terminals, (ii) a distance between the support surface and the sensor contact ends of the stitched terminals allows the sensor package to be placed at a first position on the support surface within said first cavity and slid along the support surface from the first position to a second position on the support surface adjacent to the sensor contact ends of the stitched terminals until the electrical contact pads align with the sensor contact ends of the stitched terminals, (iii) the housing comprises ribs within the first cavity configured to center the sensor package on the support surface at a first position separated from the sensor contact ends of the stitched terminals when the sensor package is inserted, and (iv) the sensor package, when positioned between the support surface and the sensor contact ends of the stitched terminals, is essentially uncompressed.

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