Plug and receptacle connector assembly

Details Plug and receptacle connector assembly Plug and receptacle connector assembly

1986-10-03

1987-07-14

McGlynn, Joseph H.

Electrical connectors

Contact comprising cutter

Insulation cutter

439607, H01R 424

Patent

active

046798790

ABSTRACT:
A plug and receptacle connector assembly is used for interconnecting the conductors of a flat high density cable to circuits on a printed circuit board or the like. The plug contains a first set of contacts disposed on one side of the cable, each of which pierce the cable in order to make contact with alternate ones of the conductors. A second set of plug contacts are disposed on the other side of the cable and each of these plug contacts pierce the cable to make electrical contact with the other ones of the conductors in the cable. The plug contacts are L-shaped with the insulation piercing portions forming one of the legs of the L-shaped contacts. The insulation piercing portions of the plug contacts in the first set of contacts are positioned in a row closer to the rear end of the plug than the insulation piercing portions of the plug contacts in the second set of plug contacts. The plug is adapted to be received in a plug receiving cavity in the receptacle which has first and second sets of receptacle contacts, each of which are adapted to mate with one of the plug contacts in the first and second sets of plug contacts. The plug may have a latch mechanism to maintain the plug properly disposed in the plug receiving cavity of the receptacle. Alternatively, the plug and the receptacle include metallic shields. The metallic plug shield is coupled to a shield of the cable and the receptacle has fingers projecting into the plug receiving cavity so that when the plug is inserted into the plug receiving cavity the fingers make contact with the shield of the plug and maintain the plug in the plug receiving cavity.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4278314 (1981-07-01), Moser et al.
patent: 4344665 (1982-08-01), Racilla et al.
patent: 4569566 (1986-02-01), Triner

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