Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – Distinct contact secured to panel circuit
Patent
1995-11-21
1997-11-18
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
Distinct contact secured to panel circuit
H01R 909
Patent
active
056881290
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector assembly 2 for use with a printed circuit board 6 includes an electrical connector 4, such as a standard miniature ribbon connector, and an injection molded lead positioning comb 48. Cantilever beams 54 in the lead positioning comb 48 form lead receiving slots 52 into which terminal leads 40 extending at right angles from terminals 26 inserted into a connector housing 8 precisely position rows of leads 40 for insertion into printed circuit board holes or on surface mount pads. The slots 52 on the lead positioning comb 48 face the connector housing 8 and the comb 48 is snapped to the housing from the rear. As the comb is snapped to the housing, the terminal leads enter the slots. Carrier strips 46 join terminals in each row during insertion of the leads into the slots to prevent deflection. The carrier strips 46 are removed after assembly of the comb 48 to the housing 4. Relief slots 55 are formed to permit adjacent beams 54 to deflect during simultaneous insertion of all of the terminal leads. The beams 54 are molded by two mold halves that are retracted perpendicular to the plane of the cantilever beams.
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Abrams Neil
L. Standig Barry Matthew
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