Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-26
2001-07-03
Abrams, Neil (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
C439S417000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06254421
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This relates to the field of electrical connectors and more particularly to connectors for terminating a discrete wire conductor to a contact.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,667,402 is disclosed an electrical connector module that facilitates termination of one or more conductor wires to respective terminals of the module, especially for electrical connection of tip and ring wires to a network interface device module, in telephone. The module includes a pair of wire carriers at respective wire termination sections of a housing, each wire carrier having two wire-receiving passageways. Each wire carrier is affixed to the housing at a pivot section enabling pivoting of the wire carrier between wire insertion positions and wire termination positions. A contact is associated with each wire and is mounted to the housing such that it extends outwardly to be received into a slot of the wire carrier when the carrier is pivoted to the wire termination position, the slot intersecting the wire-receiving passageway. A wire is inserted into each passageway of the carrier, and the carrier is then pivoted to the termination position urging the wires into slots of insulation displacement sections of the respective contacts held by the housing.
It is desired to provide a wire carrier that is mountable to a circuit board to enable termination of at least one wire to a respective contact mounted to the circuit board.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a wire carrier assembly that is mountable to a circuit board and includes a housing and a wire carrier section pivotably mounted thereto. The housing includes preferably a single board-mounting section that extends into a mounting hole of the circuit board in a force fit, thus occupying minimal circuit board real estate allowing close side-by-side spacing of several such modules, if desired. A stop section limits pivoting upwardly and also secures the wire carrier to the housing in cooperation with a pair of stop members of the housing; a pair of first detents secures the wire carrier in its wire-receiving position; the first and second detents ride over the stop members of the housing when the carrier is pivoted to its wire-terminating position, and the second detents secure the carrier in the second position.
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Denovich Sam
Kaat David D.
Matthews Randy Thomas
Abrams Neil
Hyeon Hae Moon
The Whitaker Corporation
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