Abstract: A contact retention clip is provided with a B-stage epoxy resin coating. The clip is installed in the contact cavity of a plastic body under heat and pressure to cause the coating to form its final resin. The resin becomes impregnated into the wall of the cavity to seal micro cracks in the wall which otherwise may lead to voltage breakdowns.

Abstract: A rapid response health care communications system for providing rapid and reliable health services to patients located within or outside a health care facility, such as an acute-care hospital, includes personnel locator for identifying both the type and the location of health care personnel, such as doctors, nurses, interns, and the like; and personnel communicating network for communicating with certain of such personnel from a central location to direct them to patient locations where their need is paramount. A patient response communication network is provided for communicating with the patient or with the patient's room from the central location to identify the patient's needs and the personnel required to respond to those needs. A central console at the central location includes a plurality of locator panels, one for each floor of the facility, each of which include indicator lamps for identifying the particular location of the health care personnel within the facility.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to a printed circuit board or the like without the use of intermediate conducting contact elements. The flexible printed circuit has conductive strips thereon each terminating in a conductive pad. The pads and the areas of the insulation sheet of the circuit underlying the pads are deformed to provide contact projections defining cavities therebelow. A backing layer of elastomeric material underlying the insulation sheet embodies points which extend into the cavities. The flexible printed circuit is clamped against the printed circuit board causing the elastomeric layer to be compressed so that the points fill the contact cavities to produce a high-force localized contact between the contact projections and the traces on the printed circuit board. A multi-layer, flexible printed circuit arrangement is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical connector in which conductive rubber rods are mounted in a nonconductive substrate. The rods extend above and below the upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the substrate for electrically interconnecting conductive traces on a pair of electronic components, such as a display panel and logic circuit used in a digital wrist watch. A method for making the connector is disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical connector in which conductive rubber rods are mounted in a nonconductive substrate. The rods extend above and below the upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of the substrate for electrically interconnecting conductive traces on a pair of electronic components, such as a display panel and logic circuit used in a digital wrist watch. A method for making the connect is disclosed.

Abstract: An auxiliary memory unit for use with electronic calculators which enables verification of a series of numeric data and function entries without requiring manual re-entry. Data and function signals generated by manual actuation of a calculator keyboard are sequentially stored in a storage device in the auxiliary memory unit during a first mode of operation, termed STORE.After a complete series of entries has been made, the stored signals are sequentially read out and displayed in the original order of entry during a second mode of operation, termed READ. The stored function signals are also read out so that the read out numeric data signals are processed by the calculator during READ.

Abstract: A method of uniformly breaking glass fibers in a bundle of fibers in which the apex of a cone is inserted into the end of the bundle. The fibers in the bundle are distributed in a single plane about the surface of the cone with the free ends of the fibers extending beyond the base of the cone. A sleeve on the bundle is shifted forwardly toward the base of the cone to firmly grip the fibers therebetween. The outer surfaces of the fibers are then scratched and a compressive force is exerted to the free end of the fiber bundle to cause the fibers to bend and break at the base of the cone.