Geometrical instruments
Patent
1976-12-10
1978-03-07
Hall, Carl E.
Geometrical instruments
29628, 29749, 29760, 339 99R, H01R 908, H01R 4304
Patent
active
040776956
ABSTRACT:
Conductor positioning means intended for use with flat multi-conductor cable comprises a pair of opposed surfaces between which the cable is clamped. Each surface has parallel side-by-side flutes extending thereacross which are spaced-apart on center lines by an amount equal to the nominal spacing between adjacent conductors in the cable. Each flute has a center of curvature and a radius of curvature and the centers of curvature of alternate flutes on each surface are offset with respect to the centers of curvature of the remaining flutes on the surface. The geometry of the flutes in the two surfaces is the same but the offset flutes of one surface are opposed to flutes which are not offset in the other surface so that when the two surfaces are against each other, the centers of the openings formed by the flutes define a zig-zag pattern as viewed in cross section. When a section of cable is positioned between the two surfaces and the surfaces are moved towards each other and into clamping engagement with the cable, the conductors in the cable are displaced laterally, in the plane of the cable, by the opposed surfaces of the flutes until the conductors are precisely located on the center lines of the flutes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3768067 (1973-10-01), Rault
patent: 3816818 (1974-06-01), Meier
patent: 3930708 (1976-01-01), Wedekind et al.
AMP Incorporated
Hall Carl E.
Pitts Robert W.
Raring Frederick W.
Seitchik Jay L.
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