Abstract:
An electrical connection in which a flexible, elastic conductor track carrier is affixed by a connecting end to an electrical component and embedded in potting compound. To prevent breakage at the fastening point at the transition from the potting compound to the outside, the conductor track carrier is reinforced with additional layers of insulating material.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a printed circuit having a three-dimensional surface capable of conforming to a contoured surface of a vehicle trim panel. Printed circuit comprises a plurality of electrical conductors and connectors secured to a polymeric substrate. A convoluted region of the printed circuit permits formation of the three-dimensional surface in the printed circuit. The present invention further comprises a method a producing three-dimensional surface and the printed circuit by either thermoforming the printed circuit or mechanically stretching the printed circuit to produce the three-dimensional surface.
Abstract:
A wiring module for electrically connecting a plurality of electric parts disposed on an equipment frame to a source of electric power, the module comprising an elongated insulating substrate formed to extend along a path adjacent to electric parts disposed on the frame. A pattern of wiring conductors extends along and integral with the insulating substrate for conducting electric current from the source of electric power to each of the electric parts to be connected. The insulating substrate has one or more edge portions provided with protrusions integrally formed with the substrate and extending laterally therefrom. The protrusions each are positioned on the insulating substrate at a location adjacent an electric part to be connected and at least a portion of the wiring conductors are integral with the protrusions to provide a contact on the protrusions for connection to corresponding electric parts.
Abstract:
Methods are provided for manufacturing shape-retaining non-flat devices comprising elements such as components integrated on a device surface, the non-flat devices being made by deformation of a flat device. Based on the layout of a non-flat device, a layout of a flat device is first designed. A method for designing the layout of such a flat device is provided, in which the method includes inserting mechanical interconnections between pairs of elements to unambiguously define the position of the elements on a surface of the non-flat device, thus leaving zero or less than zero degrees of freedom for the location of the components. Based on the layout of a flat device thus obtained, the flat device is manufactured and next transformed into the shape-retaining non-flat device by means of a thermoforming process, thereby accurately and reproducibly positioning the elements at a predetermined location on a surface of the non-flat device.
Abstract:
The present invention comprises a printed circuit (30) having a three-dimensional surface capable of conforming to a contoured surface of a vehicle trim panel. Printed circuit (30) comprises a plurality of electrical conductors (34) and connectors (36) secured to a polymeric substrate (32). A convoluted region (58) of the printed circuit permits formation of the three-dimensional surface (60) in the printed circuit (30). The present invention further comprises a method of producing three-dimensional surface (60) and the printed circuit (30) by either thermoforming the printed circuit (30) or mechanically stretching the printed circuit (30) to produce the three-dimensional surface (60).
Abstract:
A printed circuit board composed of a low Tg epoxy filled with a low CTE filler in the range of 45 to 65 % by volume and laminated to electrically conductive sheets is presented. The printed circuit board of this invention does not include any woven or nonwoven fabrics. The printed circuit board is flexible in the sense that it can be bent to any desired multiplanar shape and will retain that shape after installation as required by electronic interconnection systems.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine bandförmige Leuchtmittelvorrichtung (1), eine Lampe (12) mit wenigstens einer solchen bandförmigen Leuchtmittelvorrichtung (1) und ein Verfahren zum Herstellen der bandförmige Leuchtmittelvorrichtung (1). Die bandförmige Leuchtmittelvorrichtung (1) für eine Lampe (12), insbesondere LED-Lampe, weist auf: Wenigstens einen ersten Abschnitt (5, 5') und wenigstens einen zweiten Abschnitt (6, 6'), wobei der erste Abschnitt (5, 5') gegenüber dem zweiten Abschnitt (6, 6') eine reduzierte Biegesteifigkeit aufweist, wobei die bandförmige Leuchtmittelvorrichtung (1) in dem wenigstens einen ersten Abschnitt (5, 5') mit der reduzierten Biegesteifigkeit derart gebogen ist, dass eine ebene Ausgangsform der bandförmigen Leuchtmittelvorrichtung (1) eine dreidimensionale Endform annimmt.
Abstract:
The luminous device, which is provided in particular for use in the medical sector, has a luminous unit (1) which comprises at least one light-emitting diode (11) and which is connected or can be connected to a power supply device (3) via electrical lines (21, 22). According to the invention, a connecting element (2) is provided, which has a strip-type, flexible and insulating base substrate (21) coated with metal on one side or on both sides, into which are incorporated the electrical lines (22; 23), which are led to connections (25) of the luminous unit (1) at one end of the connecting element (2) and to connections (26) of the power supply device (3) at the other end of the connecting element (2), wherein the metal layers (22, 23, 24) provided on one or both sides of the base substrate (21) are dimensioned in such a way that they hold the base substrate (21) in a chosen form.