Electrical connectors – Including or for use with tape cable – With mating connection region formed by bared cable
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-18
2001-08-28
Bradley, Paula (Department: 2833)
Electrical connectors
Including or for use with tape cable
With mating connection region formed by bared cable
Reexamination Certificate
active
06280239
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electric connector comprised of a female connector mounted on a circuit substrate and a female connector fastened to a ribbon cable and adapted for connection to the female connector, and more particularly to such an electric connector, which is easy to assemble and maintain.
FIGS. 1 and 2
show an electric connector according to the prior art. This structure of electric connector comprises a housing
1
′ defining an insertion slot
11
′, two sets of terminals
2
′ mounted in the housing
1
′ at two sides of the insertion slot
11
′, and a holding down device
3
′ plugged into the insertion slot
11
′ to secure a ribbon cable
4
′ to the terminals
2
′. The terminals
2
′ each have a top contact portion
21
′ disposed at one side of the insertion slot
11
′, and a rear mounting portion
22
′ extended out of the housing
1
and welded to a respective contact at a circuit substrate
5
′. The holding down device
3
′ comprises a plug portion
31
′ plugged into the insertion slot
11
′ of the housing
1
′ to hold down the ribbon cable
4
′, keeping conductors of the ribbon cable
4
′ in contact with the top contact portion
21
′ of each terminal
2
′. This structure of electric connector is still not satisfactory in function. For maintenance's sake, the ribbon cable
4
′ may have to be disconnected from the housing
1
′. Frequency mounting and dismounting the ribbon cable causes the conductors of the ribbon cable
4
′ to wear quickly, and the conductors of the ribbon cable
4
′ tend to be broken during mounting or dismounting of the ribbon cable
4
′.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention has been accomplished to provide an electric connector, which eliminates the aforesaid drawbacks. According to one aspect of the present invention, the electric connector comprises a female connector mounted on a circuit substrate, the female connector holding two sets of terminals connected to respective contact at the circuit substrate, and a male connector connected to a ribbon cable and adapted for connecting to the female connector, the male connector holding a set of terminals, which are maintained in contact with respective conductors of the ribbon cable. The terminals of the male connector are respectively forced into contact with the terminals of the female connector after the male connector had been fastened to the female connector. According to another aspect of the present invention, the female connector comprises a middle hollow adapted to receive the male connector and a protruding locating frame adapted to hold a front contact portion of each terminal of the female connector, and the male connector has a bottom hole adapted to receive the protruding locating frame of the female connector, enabling the terminals of the male connector to be respectively forced into contact with the front contact portion of each terminal of the female connector.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4747787 (1988-05-01), Siwinski
patent: 5906504 (1999-05-01), Igarashi et al.
patent: 6210209 (2001-04-01), Wu et al.
Aces Electronic Co., Ltd.
Bradley Paula
Dougherty & Troxell
Hammond Briggitte R.
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