Flex to flex connection device
First Claim
1. A connector assembly for flex to flex connection comprising:
- a housing configured for electrically coupling a plurality of flexible assemblies, each one of said plurality of flexible assemblies having a terminal end with a plurality of electrical contacts; and
a wafer with a first base side and an opposed second base side, said wafer comprising an insulator core with a plurality of wafer electrical connector contacts configured to electrically couple a terminal end of a first one of said plurality of flexible assemblies at said first base side to a terminal end of a second one of said plurality of flexible assemblies at said second base side, wherein said wafer further comprises an interfacial seal and a circumferential double ended grounding pad on each of said first base side and said second base side.
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Abstract
A mechanical device for electrically connecting a first flexible assembly to a second flexible assembly comprises a wafer and a housing. The wafer has an insulator core and a plurality of wafer electrical connectors. The core has a first base side and an opposed second base side. The wafer electrical connectors include a first set of wafer electrical connector contacts exposed on the first base side and a second set of wafer electrical connector contacts exposed on the second base side. The wafer electrical connector contacts are adapted to electrically connect with each of the flexible assembly electrical contacts. The housing retains the wafer, the first flexible assembly terminal, and the second flexible assembly terminal in such a way that each of the first flexible assembly electrical contacts is removably secured and electrically connected to one of the wafer electrical connector contacts.
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1. A connector assembly for flex to flex connection comprising:
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a housing configured for electrically coupling a plurality of flexible assemblies, each one of said plurality of flexible assemblies having a terminal end with a plurality of electrical contacts; and a wafer with a first base side and an opposed second base side, said wafer comprising an insulator core with a plurality of wafer electrical connector contacts configured to electrically couple a terminal end of a first one of said plurality of flexible assemblies at said first base side to a terminal end of a second one of said plurality of flexible assemblies at said second base side, wherein said wafer further comprises an interfacial seal and a circumferential double ended grounding pad on each of said first base side and said second base side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A connector assembly for connecting flexible assemblies comprising:
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a housing configured for coupling a plurality flexible assemblies in a stackable configuration, wherein each one of said plurality of flexible assemblies comprises a terminal end with a plurality of electrical contacts; and at least one wafer, wherein one of said at least one wafer is configured to be located between a terminal end of a first one of said plurality of flexible assemblies and a terminal end of a second one of said plurality of flexible assemblies, each of said at least one wafer comprising; a first base side and an opposed second base side; an insulator core with a plurality of wafer electrical connector contacts configured to electrically couple said first one of said plurality of flexible assemblies at said first base side to said second one of said plurality of flexible assemblies at said second base side; an interfacial seal on each of said first base side and said second base side; and a circumferential double ended grounding pad on each of said first base side and said second base side. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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