CN1108652C - Method of making a contact assembly - Google Patents

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CN1108652C
CN1108652C CN97195927A CN97195927A CN1108652C CN 1108652 C CN1108652 C CN 1108652C CN 97195927 A CN97195927 A CN 97195927A CN 97195927 A CN97195927 A CN 97195927A CN 1108652 C CN1108652 C CN 1108652C
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/20Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
    • H01R43/24Assembling by moulding on contact members
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/724Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits containing contact members forming a right angle
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
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    • H01R13/6271Latching means integral with the housing

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A contact assembly (90) includes separate conductive members (42, 54) with insulative material (90) molded about body sections (50, 64) to define an integral unit for handling during connector assembly. The method includes stamping the conductive members (656, 658, 660, 662) from a common blank (680) to have beams (610, 612, 614, 616) associated in pairs to define sockets (606, 608), second contact sections (648, 650, 652, 654) at other ends, and body sections (656, 658, 660, 662) joining the respective beams and second contact sections (648, 650, 652, 654). Final separation of the conductive members may occur after molding of the insulative material (670), prior to which the conductive members may be retained on carrier strip facilitating the stamping, plating and molding processes. One contact assembly (604) provides sockets (606, 608) having pairs of beams (610, 612 and 614, 616) with the beams defined on separate conductive members (640, 642, 644, 646) and is inserted into a housing doubling the contact density of the connector without increasing the size of the housing. Using the method, a mating indicator (40) may be made, where two conductive members (42, 60) having body sections (50, 64) physically joined by molded insulative material (90), include second contact sections (46, 68) connectable to a circuit board and that become commoned upon connector mating to indicate mating.

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Make the method for contact assembly
The present invention relates to electric connector, specifically, relate to the contact that can insert a coupling housing.
In known several couplings, the contact portion of a plurality of contacts of coupling is along the face of connecting and optionally along another mutual conjunction plane, and for example a circuit board installed surface is scattered in row and column.U.S. Pat 5066236 discloses a kind of such coupling, a plurality of contacts comprise with row and connecting in the face of positive socket contact portion with along the rear portion at the right angle of the circuit board installed surface of coupling, and described circuit board installed surface is used for wanting the row through hole on the circuit board mounted thereto to link with a coupling.At first be the shape of a guiding framework, then insulating material be molded onto on the main part of contact that at this moment, contact is connecting a carrying lath, then contact and the conjunction that carries lath is cut into independent contact with the contact drawing.The unit of Xing Chenging is easy to assemble with the described relative assembling face of face that connects on housing like this, forms this coupling with a plurality of other such unit.At U.S. patent documents US-A-5,086, a kind of connector is disclosed in 601, it has a plurality of first contact portions, their are arranged with two rows along the face that connects, and each first contact portion is a cantilever beam that the arm with another contact works together, discontinuous circuit of each contact qualification, this circuit can electrically connect with the discontinuous contact that connects coupling, and extends to the connecting plate part away from the face of connecting.At U.S. patent documents US-A-5, a kind of connector is disclosed in 104,341, wherein, a plurality of contacts are molded into by housing on the main part of contact and are fixed in the insulation shell, and the housing that is used for placing with other similar housings inserts big housing.Contact originally before molding with control common band be connected, band is cut apart behind molding, with the contact electric insulation.
Be desirable to provide a kind of many contacts coupling of the assembly with simplification of compactness.
Wish that further this many contact units are used to insert a housing for a kind of method that forms many contact units, thereby the contact of unit is multi-functional.
It would also be desirable to provide a kind of high density coupling of compactness.
The invention provides the contact assembly in a kind of electric connector, wherein a plurality of conductor spares that are spaced are made into a kind of discontinuous contact assembly unit that inserts in the coupling housing.
In the present invention, by a kind of insertion moulding technology, with insulating material around half contact molding of a pair of incision and imbed, two and half contacts are coupled to an integral unit, so that in coupling assembling and maintenance process as the unit of an easy operating, expose its contact portion and arm simultaneously, be used for being electrically connected.Preferably, half contact is stamped to form by a slice metal stock, also be to be linked in moulding process on the carrying lath that leaves main part, main part connects each contact portion and arm of half, and each main part of half is insulated from each other in insulating material.Described insulating material also keeps in touch the desired pitch between the arm, make them when not connecting, guarantee to be electrically insulated from each other, and can connect reliably with the plug that connects coupling when connecting, because can engage the maintenance part that the support muscle is configured for being press fit into the contact in the shell channel with housing along pedestal.
One embodiment of contact assembly unit is a switch, and this switch provides a kind of electricity indication that whether has the condition of connecting.Connect indicating device and be one (or a plurality of by two, the assembly of the conductor spare of electric insulation formation in certain embodiments), these two conductor spares can be arranged on an independent contact position, perhaps on the position of a multiple-contact post of multiple-contact coupling, one first contact portion is one to have the socket of two cantilever beams, and each overhanging beam is on independent of described two conductor spares.One conductor spare in two or more cantilever beam that comprise the socket contact can also have and one second a socket contact of its connection and a circuit board contact portion that is associated with it, and a main part between them.The main part of conductor spare is connected in corresponding second contact portion with each cantilever beam, connecting to separate one second appliance device, for example under the situation of the circuit of a circuit board, when in the process that a complementary contact that connects coupling is connecting when cantilever beam in the socket engages this part will send a signal of telecommunication.Around the main part molded insulation material, so just can actually keep conductor spare, in assembling process, will connect indicating device and operate as an integral unit.
In another embodiment, the initial end of one coupling has the socket contact of selected quantity, these socket contacts distribute by row and column along the face of connecting, the contact density of this coupling can be double, and can not strengthen the size of coupling, in other words, increase the face that connects of coupling significantly.Each socket contact can make each conductor spare comprise second contact portion at a rear portion in the vertical in two, a mounting post for example, and have one with the main part that beam is connected of this post with original socket contact portion.When the lamination plug that connects coupling that a kind of opposite side at plug has a circuit of insulation connects, each plug circuit contacts beam and engages with a corresponding socket, thereby forms two independently insulator chains.When connecting two beams of socket contact assembly with a common plug, a contact position can be one and connect indicating device, perhaps can the socket contact assembly be pressed onto an initial connection bonding station with a spring, make and the former beam that contacts is separated, thereby open circuit with the connection of a lamination plug.
With reference now to accompanying drawing, present invention is described by way of example, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a shaft side figure that comprises a coupling of the present invention;
Fig. 2 and 3 is shaft side figures of an earthing member and the conductor spare that connects the indicating device contact assembly shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 4 is the shaft side figure of indicating device contact after molding is with insulating material that connect shown in Figure 3;
Fig. 5 and 6 is the shaft side figures with the similar additional embodiment of the present invention of Fig. 3;
Fig. 7 and 8 illustrates another embodiment of contact assembly of the present invention, in this embodiment, each socket contact portion is divided into two halves, beam is limited on the independent conductor spare, thereby when the latch with the complementation with two conductor parts that also insulate separately connects, forms two circuit insulated from each other;
Fig. 9 to 12 illustrates the manufacturing that the contact assembly shown in Fig. 7 and 8 is shown to the unit of making from the blank of punching press.
In Fig. 1, coupling 10 comprises an insulation shell 12 and extends to a column signal contact 14 and ground wire (or power line) contact 16 (Fig. 2) of circuit board installed surface 20 from the face of connecting 18 that also illustrate among the figure, this coupling is installed on the circuit board 22.Signal contacting piece 14 and ground wire contact 16 comprise socket contact portion 24, this part is outside conjunction plane 18 is exposed to, so that connect with a corresponding plug contact portion that connects the contact of coupling (not shown), also comprise from circuit board installed surface 20 extended binding posts 26, so that electrically connect with the circuit of circuit board.Shown also have one between face of connecting 18 and circuit board installed surface 20 round the conductor cover 28 of housing 12.A kind of coupling is like this disclosed in U.S. Pat 4808125.
Figure 2 illustrates a grounding component 16, its main part 30 is extended between each socket contact portion 24 and a corresponding binding post are to 26, and this main part is stamped to form by blank.At this, for each socket contact portion provides a pairs of posts, if but the particular current amount that flows through the circuit that is made of contact only needs a binding post to transmit, then can remove a binding post, so that because socket contact portion 24 corresponding with the corresponding through hole row's of board circuit ad-hoc location can common ground, so main part 30 is combined as a whole at isthmus 32 places, thereby can come operational grounding contact 16 as a unit that is easy to insert.This grounding component can insert in the groove on the coupling housing 12, has contact maintenance support muscle 34 on the edge of each main part 30, so as with housing in abutting connection with the sidewall tight fit of the channel part that connects face and be communicated with the vertical slots that extends back from it.See also that from figure each main part 30 comprises a projection 36, it engages with one of them cell wall, also contact is pressed to relative wall with selectivity, thus the position of stablizing contact in the horizontal.This projection can also contact is packed into housing and when being exposed at outside the housing as a promotion face.With binding post 26 adjacent back body 38 are extended back from the coupling housing, and separate each other.
Fig. 3 and 4 illustrates the indicating device 40 that connects of the present invention.At first, this connects indicating device as grounding component 16, is stamped to form by a compact material, but also strikes out two separation members.Comprise the first socket contact portion 44 and a winding terminal 46 for one first 42, it divides 48 to be connected in main part 50 by opisthosoma.Also comprise a cantilever beam 52 for first 42, this cantilever beam constitutes half of one second socket contact portion 54, and it is connected in main part 50 by isthmus 56.Comprise one second cantilever beam 62 for second 60, it constitutes the second socket contact portion 54 second half, and second 60 also comprises a main part 64, and it divides 66 to be connected with the second winding terminal 68 second cantilever beam 62 and opisthosoma.Between the base portion 72 of described two cantilever beam 52,62 and two main parts 50 and 64, limit a gap 70 of having selected narrow dimension, this gap divides the big recessed portion 74 between 48 and 66 to be communicated with opisthosoma, and described narrow size will be enough to the electric insulation of warranty element 42 and 60.Preferably on isthmus 56, go out a small through hole 76.As the grounding component in Fig. 2 16, on main part 50, form a projection 78, be stabilized in the enclosure slot, perhaps use this projection to promote the surface as one so that will connect indicating device when mounted, so that contact is installed in the housing, and expose outside from housing cavity.The part 80 of the main part behind the isthmus 56 64 is embedded in (see figure 4) within the insulating material 90, thereby on conductor spare, provide the grip zones of the plastic material of reinforcement, also can in the operation of coupling is used with reality, overcome lateral stress simultaneously, stablize first cantilever beam 52.Also see in the drawings, the same with grounding component 16 shown in Figure 2, have maintenance support muscle 82 on the side of base portion 72.
Fig. 4 be illustrated in around main part 50,64 molded insulation materials of part 42,60 after 90s connect indicating device 40, molded insulation material is to be used to operate and will connect pack into the operating unit of housing of indicating device in order to constitute one.Insulating material 90 comprises sidepiece 92,94, its qualification is parallel to the first type surface of axis of the contact of coupling, these two sidepieces link into an integrated entity at several positions, comprise from gap 70 and big groove 74 between described two the back body that extends back later of coupling housing.Also inject insulating material in hole 76, to be formed between the sidepiece 92,94 the material post that extends and their are connected, the forward edge 96 of this post and insulating material 90 is adjacent.Also form a narrow flange 98 between the base portion of the cantilever beam 52,62 of second contact portion 54, be used for the maintenance support muscle 34 of brace summer 52,62, make it withstand on the wall portion of procapsid channel part, socket contact portion 54 is arranged in this channel part.
The metal that is used to form conductor spare can be the phosphor bronze of plating on the socket contact portion, preferably has gold, connects life-span of contact in the process in the operating period repeatedly to improve coupling, at the preferred plating zinc/lead of circuit board contact portion, so that soldering.Also can adopt various plastic materials in moulding technology, this plastics are temperature stabilization and nonhygroscopic preferably, for example liquid crystal polymer.
Coupling 10 and one is being connected the coupling (not shown) when connecting, the plug contact engages with the second socket contact portion, 54 electricity, with the together electricity connection of its first and second cantilever beam 52,62, thereby between conductor spare 42,60, form circuit, electric circuit inspection in the circuit board is to this connection, thereby indication connects state.
Connect indicating device and also can include only a single socket contact portion, its each cantilever beam is connecting corresponding main part, this main part extends in a pair of circuit board bond post corresponding one, makes these posts can be connected on the corresponding circuit of circuit board.The conductor spare of this separation is easy to insert molding, providing insulating material round main part, and filling gap or space therebetween.
Fig. 5 and 6 illustrates additional embodiment of the present invention.Shown in Figure 5 one connects indicating device 400, and it is similar with the indicating device shown in 4 to Fig. 3 behind the conductor spare that the separates molded insulation material that is stamped to form by a common blank.But in Fig. 5, the conductor spare that separates 402 and 404 respectively comprises in the beam 406 and 408 of following socket contact portion 410.Upper conductor spare 402 defines socket contact portion 412 and the globality of second contact portion 414 that is associated with it.Lower conductor spare 404 comprises second contact portion 416 that is associated with following socket contact portion 410.Be similar to situation shown in Figure 4, molded insulation material 430 on main part 418 and 420, also can operate as a unit similarly in coupling assembling and use and maintenance process.Preferably insulating material 430 is molded onto the degree that surpasses to the lower limb 424 of the top edge 422 of small part upper conductor spare 402 and lower conductor spare 404, thereby center on and embedding main part 418 and 420, and the gap between the filling conductor spare 426, thereby keep conductor spare fixing selected distance to each other, to guarantee electric insulation.
Shown in Figure 6, connect indicating device embodiment 500 and have three independent conductor spares 502,504,506, they are shaped by a single piece of metal blank, on it molding insulating material 550.Central conductor part 504 comprises the main part 508 and 510 that is being connected by isthmus 512, main part 508 mechanically with electricity on all with the underbeam 514 of last socket contact 516, the front pillar 522 of upper beam 518, second contact portion 524 that is associated with last socket contact portion 516 of socket contact portion 520 and the rear pillar 526 of second contact portion 528 that is associated with following socket contact portion 520 are integral down.Upper conductor spare 502 comprises the upper beam 530 of socket contact portion 516 and the rear pillar 532 of second contact portion 524, and main part 534 connects them.The underbeam 536 of contact portion 520 and the front pillar 538 of second contact portion 528 under lower conductor part 506 comprises, main part 540 connects them.Preferably insulating material 550 is molded onto the degree that surpasses to the lower limb 544 of the top edge 542 of small part upper conductor spare 502 and lower conductor spare 506, thereby around and imbed all main parts 534,508,510,540, gap 546 and 548 between three conductor spares of filling simultaneously, keeping these parts fixing selected distance each other, thereby guarantee electric insulation.The plug contact that inserts socket contact portion 516 up and down and 520 will go up lower conductor spare 502 and 506 and central conductor part 540 together connect, so just closed the corresponding circuit on the circuit board, post 532 and 538 electrically connects with post 522,526 and this circuit board of being communicated with.
Can derive a kind of high density coupling from the contact assembly that connects 600 embodiments shown in Fig. 7 to 12, this coupling all is useful in many industrial circles, computer industry for example, and in this industry, the space requirement amount is more and more crucial.At the contact assembly 604 that connects with the plug contact assembly 602 of complementation shown in Fig. 7 and 8.Contact assembly 604 comprises socket 606 and 608 up and down, and they respectively comprise cantilever beam 610,612 up and down; 614,616; Each socket can connect with a corresponding multi-cable plug 618,620, and multi-cable plug respectively comprises the last lower conductor 622,624 that is associated with corresponding socket arm; 626,628.
Each plug for example comprises that discontinuous conductor of drawing is right, insulating material 630,632 is around its molding, for example adopt the temperature stabilization and the nonhygroscopic liquid crystal polymer that have limited contraction behind the molding, the viscosity of this polymer will be enough to bond on the conductor, make contact-making surface 634 be exposed to the front, and post part 636 and 638 is provided with along the rear surface that is used to electrically connect along plug.The conductor of plug is stamped to form by enough thick blank, so that can realize inserting molding, and the overcoat of the plug of criterion of failure thickness not so just can make the quantity of signal contacting piece double, and not increase the required power that connects.Can be by the post soldering be installed in the plug contact assembly in the one shared insulation shell (not shown) in through hole, or be installed in a circuit unit, for example on circuit board (not shown).
Each conductor spare insulated from each other 640,642; 644,646 one first end limits beam 610,612 separately; 614,616.One second end of conductor spare limits each second contact portion 648,650,652,654, and these beams and second contact portion are connected as a single entity by corresponding main part 656,658,660,662.As a result, to another side, for example the circuit board installed surface 666 of assembly forms the circuit of an insulation from the face of connecting 664.Main part molded insulation material 670 round conductor spare forms a black box, and this black box can be used as a unit and operates in the operating process of the assembling of coupling and maintenance and use.Outward flange along the matrix of each socket 606,608 forms maintenance support muscle 668, so that set up a kind of interference fit in the channel part of housing (see figure 1), contact assembly 604 inserts in these housings.
When connecting, plug 618,620 receives in the corresponding socket 606,608, conductor 622,624; 626,628 and a corresponding beam 610,612; 614,616 electricity engage, to form corresponding circuit in the assembly that connects, as shown in Figure 8.
Fig. 9 to 12 illustrates the method for making contact assembly 604, for example by using the progressive die and molding apparatus.In Fig. 9, punching press one assembly blank 680, formation has beam 610,612; 614,616 socket 606,608, but and this socket is had be used for the post 648,650,652,654 of second contact portion of mounting circuit boards, blank is retained on the carrying lath 682, so that further drawing and plating in the mill.
Shown in Figure 10, further punching press forms a lead frame, and main part 640,642,644 and 646 is wherein got general form, and defines the gap 674 of accurate dimension, and remainder connects at turning 686 places of the base portion of beam and column temporarily.
In Figure 11, round main part 640,642,644,646 moldings insulating material 670, the non-hygroscopic liquid crystal polymer of temperature stabilization for example, but outside bending 686 is exposed to, and filling gap 674, particularly the base portion in beam 610,612,614 and 616 forms the flange 672 to maintenance support muscle 668 inboards, and global shape is like one " chicken ".To carry lath now removes.
In Figure 12, sweep 686 is removed, conductor spare is separated into discontinuous circuit fully, constitute contact assembly 604.

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1. method of making a contact assembly, described contact assembly is used to insert a housing of an electric connector, and this housing has one and connects face and another and be used to surface that its contact and other appliance device are electrically connected, and it comprises the steps:
Form at least two conductor spares, described conductor spare extends to the contact portion of its second end from the corresponding beam of its first end, and is connected to described first end by main part, the described conductor spare selected distance that is separated from each other;
Around described main part molded insulation material, at least basically will imbed in described main part, simultaneously described contact portion and the beam that contains its substrate are exposed, and also described beam are separated a selected distance, described conductor spare electric insulation each other in described insulating material;
Thereby form one and can be used as the black box that a unit is operated, this unit comprises paired beam, this constitutes the socket contact portion to beam, they are exposed, so that when connecting with the plug contact of complementation, the free end of described beam is resisted the base portion that forces their pressure close to each other and depart from described beam;
The step that forms conductor spare comprises the formation sweep, and its selected part with the adjacent conductor spare of described insulating material outside couples together;
After molding step, also comprise and remove sweep and make conductor spare step insulated from each other fully;
Described molding step is included in the flange that forms insulating material in the gap between the base portion of beam of each described socket contact portion;
Described formation step comprises that forming maintenance along the outward flange of the base portion of the beam of each described socket contact portion supports muscle.
2. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: one described main part at least described conductor spare comprises a through hole, the described insulating material of a part is arranged in the described through hole, extend between its described one opposite side in described conductor spare, and with connect as one along the insulating material of the other parts of the described couple positioned opposite of a base portion of approaching described cantilever beam.
3. electric connector, it can connect coupling and connect along a face of connecting with one, and can connect along another surface with another appliance device, described coupling has a plurality of contacts that are arranged in the insulation shell, each contact has first contact portion, these first contact portions are arranged in two row's contact receiving positions along the described face of connecting at least, at least one described first contact portion comprises one along the described socket contact portion of showing out that connects, so that in the process of connecting, engage by the described contact portion electricity that connects the complementation of coupling, described socket contact portion comprises two cantilever beams, it is characterized in that:
Described two cantilever beams are made of the conductor spare of two electric insulations, have first of a main part in the described conductor spare, it is connected as a single entity with one second contact portion one in the described cantilever beam, this second contact portion is exposed along the described another side of described housing, so that electrically connect with the complementary coupling of described another appliance device, second in the described conductor spare has a main part, and it is connected as a single entity another and another second contact portion in the described cantilever beam;
Described main part is imbedded in the molding insulating material thereon, forms one and can be used as the insert assembly that a unit that inserts connector shell is operated;
The described main part of the described first and second conductor spares is located in the common plane, and separately by the gap of the selected width of minimum, in the crack insulating material is set during this time, this insulating material is to be molded onto on the described first and second conductor spares before the assembling of described connector, limits as a unit and can be assembled into contact assembly on the described connector;
Described one and described another cantilever beam of described socket contact portion comprise retention means, when described contact assembly unit inserts in the described coupling fully, along described retention means and described housing interference fit, described insulating material limits a flange, it extends between the base portion of described and described another cantilever beam, obtains described interference fit to support described retention means.
4. electric connector as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that: one in the described first and second conductor spares limits an additional contact portion, and its described main part connects in its described contact portion.
5. electric connector as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that: described additional contact portion is a socket contact portion.
6. electric connector as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that: one first beam that limits one second socket contact portion in the described first and second conductor spares, it is connected in a relative contact portion by described its main part, one the 3rd conductor spare limits one second beam of the described second socket contact portion, it is connected in another contact portion by corresponding its main part, and this another contact portion also is associated with the second socket contact portion.
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