Geometrical instruments
Patent
1976-01-19
1978-05-02
Lake, Roy
Geometrical instruments
339 17LC, 339176MP, H01R 1362
Patent
active
040871487
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector with zero insertion force for mechanically supporting and contacting the conductive fingers of printed circuit boards, liquid crystal plates, and like contact carriers. The connector is comprised of an elongated connector body, an elongated clamping member, and a clamping means to clamp the body and member toward one another with the contact carrier sandwiched therebetween. In a preferred embodiment, the connector body contains a plurality of electrical spring contacts, a portion of each contact extending slightly beyond one lateral sidewall of the body and positioned to contact one of the fingers of the contact carrier when the latter lies adjacent the sidewall. The clamping means serves to draw the body and member toward one another, thereby effecting movement of the contact carrier against the biasing force of the spring contacts and into a surface-to-surface engagement with the sidewall of the body. In the assembled condition, the contact carrier is clamped between the connector body and clamping member with the fingers in firm electrical contact with the spring contacts.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2931006 (1960-03-01), Klumpp
patent: 2946033 (1960-07-01), Wirth
patent: 3020510 (1962-02-01), Kuch
patent: 3639888 (1972-02-01), Pittman et al.
Arbuckle Frederick M.
Bunker Ramo Corporation
Desmond E. F.
Lake Roy
Lohff William
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