Flexible electrical connector insert with conductive and non-conductive elastomers
First Claim
1. A flexible electrical connector insert for adding circuitry within a shell and around at least one pin of an existing connector or mating pair of connectors, said connector insert comprising a conductive wire and one or more layers of flexible and compressible conductive and non-conductive elastomers, wherein said wire and said elastomers provide all electrical connections and paths throughout said insert and all electrical insulation and isolation throughout said insert, said wire is embedded in said one or more layers of elastomers, said one or more layers of elastomers comprise an outside perimeter to fit inside an inside perimeter of a cavity of the shell, and said one or more layers of elastomers comprise at least one opening for fitting around the at least one pin.
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Abstract
A connector insert comprising conductive wire and a plurality of layers of conductive and non-conductive elastomers, and methods of fabrication thereof.
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17 Claims
- 1. A flexible electrical connector insert for adding circuitry within a shell and around at least one pin of an existing connector or mating pair of connectors, said connector insert comprising a conductive wire and one or more layers of flexible and compressible conductive and non-conductive elastomers, wherein said wire and said elastomers provide all electrical connections and paths throughout said insert and all electrical insulation and isolation throughout said insert, said wire is embedded in said one or more layers of elastomers, said one or more layers of elastomers comprise an outside perimeter to fit inside an inside perimeter of a cavity of the shell, and said one or more layers of elastomers comprise at least one opening for fitting around the at least one pin.
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17. A flexible electrical connector insert for adding circuitry within a shell and around the at least one pin of an existing connector or mating pair of connectors, said connector insert comprising one or more layers of flexible and compressible conductive and non-conductive elastomers that provide all electrical connections and paths throughout said insert and all electrical insulation and isolation throughout said insert, the one or more layers of conductive and non-conductive elastomer comprising an outside perimeter to fit inside an inside perimeter of a cavity of the shell, and at least one opening for fitting around the at least one pin, wherein electrical components selected from the group consisting of resistors, Metal Oxide Varistors (MOVs), diodes, fuses, antifuses, shorting blocks, inductors, active electrical components, pin-to-shell components, pin-to-pin components, and any combination thereof, are embedded within said insert.
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