Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Roger J. Fulghum
  • Patent number: RE37368
    Abstract: A connection assembly includes a coaxial cable to microstrip flexible circuit connector and a mating microstrip flex circuit to electronic circuit connector. The coaxial cable to microstrip flex circuit connector comprises a portion which is mechanically attached to the coaxial cable and a portion which is mechanically attached to the microstrip flex circuit. The coaxial cable attachment portion includes a first electrical connector electrically connected to the center conductor and a second electrical connector electrically connected to the shielding conductor of each coaxial cable. The microstrip flex circuit attachment portion includes a third electrical connector electrically connected to each trace and a fourth connector electrically connected to the ground plane conductor. The flex circuit to electrical circuit connector comprises a plurality of unsupported extensions of a trace or the ground plane conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Medallion Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Jon M. Huppenthal, Steven E. Garcia