Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Plural-contact coupling part
Patent
1996-11-07
1999-10-19
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Plural-contact coupling part
4392691, H01R 2310
Patent
active
059678500
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an electrical connector, including a projection-type interconnect component comprising an electrically-insulative substrate having a plurality of holes formed therethrough and a plurality of discrete, electrically-insulative buttresses extending from a surface thereof, each of the buttresses having a plurality of axial grooves spaced around a circumference thereof, and a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts each having a contact portion, the contacts held in the holes formed in the substrate and at least a portion of each contact being received by one of the grooves in the buttresses such that at least a portion of the contact portion is exposed for establishing an electrical contact, and a receiving-type interconnect component. The receiving-type interconnect component includes an electrically-insulative substrate having a plurality of holes formed therethrough, and a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts, each including a flexible contact portion for establishing an electrical contact, wherein the projection-type interconnect component mates with the receiving-type interconnect component such that each of the contacts of the projection-type interconnect component contacts a corresponding flexible contact of the receiving-type interconnect component, the flexible contact portions deflecting while the contact portions of the projection-type interconnect component are not deflected. A device may be provided for spreading the flexible contact portions just prior to mating.
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