Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Patent
1997-06-12
1999-10-26
Bradley, Paula
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
H01R 424
Patent
active
059717939
ABSTRACT:
A connector for high density multi-conductor ribbon cable. The connector has a base member, a cover member and a retainer interposed therebetween. The cover member and the retainer collectively define a ribbon cable receiving area and the mating surfaces on the cover member and the retainer have indentations that urge the conductors of the ribbon cable so as to center the conductors in a conductor space defined by the indentations. A plurality of contacts are positioned in the base and an insulation displacement ends of the contacts extend through openings in the retainer into the conductors that are centered in the conductor receiving space defined by the indentations. The base member exerts force against the contacts so that compression of the cover and the base results in the conductors simultaneously being centered in the conductor receiving space and the contacts being urged into the conductors. The contacts are preferably provided attached at a first end to a carrier wherein the first end comprises a mating section and the opposite end comprises the insulation displacement end. The insulation displacement ends of the plurality of contacts are arranged so that they form two parallel lines thereby simplifying assembly of the connector.
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Jochen Art
Lang Roger D.
McAllister John A. C.
Bradley Paula
Circuit Assembly Corp.
Wittels Daniel
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