Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
Patent
1989-11-28
1990-11-20
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
439 83, 439295, 439660, H01R 909, H01R 2372
Patent
active
049715658
ABSTRACT:
First and second connector members extend in one direction, for example, horizontally, and include pairs of left and right hand non-conducting tenons projecting transversely from each member in another direction, e.g., vertically. Each pair of tenons forms a channel for receiving a tenon of the other member when the connection is made. Each left hand tenon carries a conductor strip which includes a resilient contact surface within the channel formed by the tenon pair, and each right hand tenon carries a right hand conductor strip including a resilient contact surface outside the channel formed by the tenon pair. Each left hand resilient contact surface is adapted to mate with a right hand resilient contact surface when the members are engaged, thereby effectuating two electrical connections between the engaged pair of tenons. Each conductor strip extends, e.g., vertically, a distance greater than the extent of the tenons in the second direction and has a second resilient conducting surface for mating with an equipment terminal or other lead outside the channel, such as a surface mount plate. Each conductor strip is preferably in the form of a vertically extending, unitary member having the conductor surface at one end, a hook at the other end for engaging an exterior ridge on a tenon, and a locking projection intermediate the strip ends for engaging a notched opening in the tenon. The conductor surface is cantilevered laterally from the conductor strip and has a stop member associated therewith the limit the flexure of the conductor surface during interaction with the contact pads of the board or plate to which the connector is mounted.
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