John P. Redmond - Mechanicsburg PA Ray N. Sheak - Lebanon PA Albert Shirk - Palmyra PA Larry A. Cracraft - Hummelstown PA
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA
International Classification:
H01R 909
US Classification:
439 66
Abstract:
Provided herein are novel layered elastomeric connectors, housings therefor and methods of manufacture for the connectors which includes alternating fused layers of a dielectric elastomer and electrically conductive fibrous mats coextensive with a cross section of the conductor to provide a multiplicity of conductive pathways between two electrically conductive surfaces.