Wearable Electrical Connectors

摘要

An wearable electronic connection assembly including a circuit board connected to a garment. The connector of the assembly has, from top to bottom, a tack pin having a head, a shank, and clinch attachment means with an undercut for receiving the cold flow of metal. The head of the pin passes through a hole in the circuit board and is in contact with a top surface of the circuit board. The shank of the pin extends farther downward through a layer of fabric beneath the circuit board. A ring is disposed beneath the fabric layer into which the tack pin is clinched forcing material of the ring into the undercut. A wire is attached to the ring which is electrically connected to the circuit board through its connection to the electrically-conductive pin. The assembly may include a plurality of pins, each of which extends through a separate hole in the circuit board and is clinched by a separate clinch ring.

主权项

1. An electronic assembly for a garment, comprising, from top to bottom:
a tack pin having a head, a shank, and clinch attachment means with an undercut for receiving the cold flow of metal; an electronic circuit board having a top surface in contact with the head of the tack pin and a hole through which the tack pin downwardly extends; a layer of fabric beneath the circuit board which the shank of the tack pin passes through; a metal ring disposed beneath the fabric layer into which said tack pin is clinched by forcing material from the ring into the undercut; and a wire attached to the ring being electrically connected to the electronic circuit board.