Electrical connectors for high density attach to stretchable boards

• US 9,893,438 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Oster, Sasha, Elsherbini, Adel A., Eid, Feras, Aleksov, Aleksandar, Baxi, Amit Sudhir, Swan, Johanna M., Mageshkumar, Vincent S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuong Chi T
• Application Number:
  US15/281,814
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 606203-204, 606201, 361749, 428100, 439285
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 17/0041 Press-button fasteners consisting of two parts A44B17/0029 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A44B 19/24 Details
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/03 characterised by the material, e.g. plating, or coating materials
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/58 characterised by the form or material of the contacting members H01R4/01 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/26 for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device structural association with two-part coupling device H01R13/629

Abstract

A system can include a first portion of a fabric fastener, a second portion of the fabric fastener, wherein the first portion and the second portion are configured to mechanically connect with each other and to resist separation from each other once connected, and wherein the first and second portions include a plurality of corresponding electrical contacts configured to form a plurality of individual electrical connections when the first portion is mechanically connected with the second portion.

Claims

1. A snap fastener system comprising:

a first portion of a snap fastener, the first portion comprising;

a stud; and

a first prong ring configured to interfaced with the stud and to capture fabric of a first fabric assembly between a portion of the stud and the first prong ring when interfaced;

a second portion of the snap fastener, the second portion comprising,

a receiver; and

a second prong ring configured to interfaced with the receiver and to capture fabric of a second fabric assembly between a portion of the receiver and the first prong ring when interfaced;

wherein the first portion and the second portion are configured to mechanically connect with each other and to resist separation from each other once connected; and

wherein the first and second portions include a plurality of corresponding electrical contacts configured to form a plurality of individual electrical connections when the first portion is mechanically connected with the second portion.

2. The system of claim 1, including the first fabric assembly;

and

a first circuit integrated with the first fabric assembly.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein a first trace of the first circuit and the first fabric assembly is electrically coupled to a first conductive portion of the stud, the first conductive portion of the stud comprising a first portion of a first contact of the plurality of corresponding contacts.

4. The system of claim 3, including the second fabric assembly;

and

a second circuit integrated with the second fabric assembly.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein a first trace of the second circuit and the second fabric assembly is electrically coupled to a first conductive portion of the receiver, the first conductive portion of the receiver comprising a second portion of the first contact of the plurality of corresponding contacts.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein a second trace of the first circuit and the first fabric assembly is electrically coupled to a second conductive portion of the stud, the second conductive portion of the said comprising a first portion of a second contact of the plurality of corresponding contacts;

and

wherein a second trace of the second circuit and the second fabric assembly is electrically coupled to a second conductive portion of the receiver, the second conductive portion of the receiver comprising a second portion of the second contact of the plurality of corresponding contacts.