Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – Within distinct housing spaced from panel circuit arrangement
Patent
1989-08-11
1990-08-21
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
Within distinct housing spaced from panel circuit arrangement
439 77, 439 82, 439130, 439271, 123456, 123470, 361398, H01R 909
Patent
active
049501712
ABSTRACT:
A system is described for use with fuel injectors mounted on fuel rails of an engine, to connect the output lines of an electrical circuit to the fuel injectors, which provide an orderly and reliable connection. The system includes a connector assembly with a printed circuit board sandwiched between upper and lower molded housing parts. The circuit board has pairs of contacts at each injector location for mating with the fuel injector contacts, and the circuit board has conductors thereon leading from a connector end portion to the pairs of contacts. In an assembly where the connector end portion extends largely perpendicular to the rest of the assembly, a flexible circuit board is provided which is held in a bend by correspondingly angled upper and lower housing parts. In an assembly where the axes of the fuel injectors do not extend perpendicular to the length of the fuel rail, the lower housing part has several face locations angled from the length direction of the board. Each face location has a face seal with an hourglass cross section. Each circuit board terminal includes a flange resting against a conductive pad on the circuit board, a base extending through the circuit board, and fingers extending beyond the circuit board.
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Abrams Neil
ITT Corporation
Nguyen Khiem
Peterson Thomas L.
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