Geometrical instruments
Patent
1978-10-16
1983-12-06
McGlynn, Joseph H.
Geometrical instruments
H01R 1338
Patent
active
044189770
ABSTRACT:
A connector structure for making electrical connection to a plurality of individual conductors contained within a flat wire cable has a plurality of fixed length flexible contact members assembled in parallel relationship in an insulation base. Each of the contact members has a nose portion at one end extending through the base and a piercing tail at the other end extending above the base and contained in a slot formed in a side extending from the base. A flexible connection region connects the piercing tail to the nose. The flexible connection region of each contact is bendable to accommodate a variable lateral spacing between the piercing and nose portions of each contact element. Alternatively, the contacts may be designed to bend in the same direction during installation. The central region of each contact is engaged by a contact locking plug which is frictionally held in the base. A plain cover is latched in one of the positions on the base and can press the individual conductors of a single flat cable into piercing contact with each of the contacts in the base. The cable is automatically aligned relative to the piercing tails by alignment projections extending from the base.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3990767 (1976-11-01), Marozny
patent: 4006957 (1977-02-01), Marozny
patent: 4084878 (1978-04-01), Waki
patent: 4145103 (1979-03-01), Knowles
Continental-Wirt Electronics Corporation
McGlynn Joseph H.
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