IP Library Granted Patent US 9,332,640
Granted Patent B2
US 9,332,640 · App. 14/113,597 · Granted May 3, 2016

Contact surface arranged on a carrier for connecting to a counter contact surface arranged on a further carrier, and device comprising a contact surface and a counter contact surface connected thereto

Inventors: Angelika Schingale (Regensburg, DE); Frank Baur (Nuremberg, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
H05K1/112H05K1/111H05K3/323H05K1/0272H05K2201/0373H05K2201/0969H05K2201/09663H05K2201/09745H05K2201/09781
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Patent No.
US 9,332,640
App. No.
14/113,597
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A contact area is provided on a carrier for connection to a mating contact area on a further carrier using an adhesive containing conductive particles. The contact area includes at least one recess forming a drain channel for the adhesive, extending from one edge of the contact area to an opposing edge and having a width being less than an average diameter of the particles. Alternatively, the contact area includes boreholes extending from a main surface to an opposing main surface and having diameters being approximately equal to or smaller than the average diameter of the particles in at least one direction and a cavity is formed in the carrier beneath the contact area. Alternatively, integral moldings forming a turf structure are provided on the contact area and distances between the moldings are equal to or smaller than the average diameter of the particles in at least one direction.

Claims (5)

1. A device, comprising:

a carrier having a contact area for connection to a mating contact area on a further carrier;

an adhesive including conductive particles with an average diameter, said adhesive for connecting said contact area of said carrier to the mating contact area on the further carrier;

said contact area of said carrier having a surface with moldings extending from said surface, said moldings forming a turf structure, said moldings being spaced apart from each other by distances being approximately equal to or less than the average diameter of the conductive particles in at least one direction; and

said conductive particles located in between said moldings extending from said surface of said contact area.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2020
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 053323/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2014
From: SCHINGALE, ANGELIKA; BAUR, FRANK
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 032189/0440 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 075 009 · Apr 29, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140048325A1 · Feb 20, 2014