GB1389170A - Electrical contact elements and connectors - Google Patents

Electrical contact elements and connectors

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Publication number
GB1389170A
GB1389170A GB2403073A GB2403073A GB1389170A GB 1389170 A GB1389170 A GB 1389170A GB 2403073 A GB2403073 A GB 2403073A GB 2403073 A GB2403073 A GB 2403073A GB 1389170 A GB1389170 A GB 1389170A
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foot
wire
feet
slot
slots
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GB2403073A
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TE Connectivity Corp
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AMP Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R11/00—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts
    • H01R11/03—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations
    • H01R11/09—Individual connecting elements providing two or more spaced connecting locations for conductive members which are, or may be, thereby interconnected, e.g. end pieces for wires or cables supported by the wire or cable and having means for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal, or conductive member, blocks of binding posts characterised by the relationship between the connecting locations the connecting locations being identical
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural 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
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/721—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/2445—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives
    • H01R4/2462—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members having additional means acting on the insulation or the wire, e.g. additional insulation penetrating means, strain relief means or wire cutting knives the contact members being in a slotted bent configuration, e.g. slotted bight
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/70—Insulation of connections
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural 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
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/515—Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables

Abstract

1389170 Electric couplings AMP Inc 21 May 1973 [30 May 1972] 24030/73 Heading H2E An electrical terminal 2, Fig. 2, comprises inclined sides 10 with their free ends bent to form feet 14 from which blind ended slots 16 extend into a connecting bight 8 to define a mouth into which insulated wire can be forced transversely of its axis so that the edges of the slot pierce its insulation 6 and contact its conductive core 4. The angle between the sides may be 60 degrees and the slot is widened at the mouth, but otherwise of uniform width and divides each foot 14 into parts 22 which are elastically deformed by the wire widening the slot. Thus there are four substantially independent springs formed from parts 22. The feet and slots may be of unequal length so that the longer slot and foot provide strain relief. Feet 14 may have ring tongues as terminal portions brass, beryllium copper or phosphor bronze. In another embodiment the sides of the terminal element are parallel. In another the feet bend inwards and abut. Another is L-shaped and has one side and foot. Fig. 16 (not shown) shows a channel shaped embodiment with the sides (108) bent towards each other, the feet being joined by a web (106). Fig. 8 shows a multi-wire terminal block 28 comprising an insulating housing having base 30 with closure member 32 and with cavity 40 and floor recessed at 41 to locate terminals 34, having erect portion 36 extending from one foot and seating against a back wall and three wire receiving slots separated by slots 38. Lateral extension 42 has passageways 44 into cavity 40. Closure member 32 has flanges 46 which become disposed against the side walls of the base, interengaging dimples and recesses 50, 51 locking it in position, legs 48 flexing to push wires extending through passageways 44 into slots in the contact element, 34. Housings may be of suitable thermoplastics such as nylon. Another embodiment Fig. 10 (not shown) shows a connector for connecting one wire end to the intermediate portion of another wire, which is introduced through a keyhole slot in the side. Another embodiment, Fig. 12 (not shown), shows a disengageable connector for a plurality of wires and conducting paths on a circuit board, which enters through an aperture. Its cavity is divided into compartments each with a contact element having under one foot a reversely bent contact portion which resiliently contacts a conducting path. It may be adapted for contact pins by providing separate passageways.
GB2403073A 1972-05-30 1973-05-21 Electrical contact elements and connectors Expired GB1389170A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US25789772A 1972-05-30 1972-05-30
US436292A US3895852A (en) 1972-05-30 1974-01-24 Slotted plate type electrical connections

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GB1389170A true GB1389170A (en) 1975-04-03

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US (1) US3895852A (en)
JP (1) JPS4961687A (en)
AT (1) AT333356B (en)
AU (1) AU5574573A (en)
BE (1) BE800215A (en)
CH (1) CH556607A (en)
DE (1) DE2325756A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2186745B1 (en)
GB (1) GB1389170A (en)
NL (1) NL7307386A (en)

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ATA444373A (en) 1976-03-15
CH556607A (en) 1974-11-29
NL7307386A (en) 1973-12-04
FR2186745B1 (en) 1977-09-02
DE2325756A1 (en) 1973-12-20
JPS4961687A (en) 1974-06-14
BE800215A (en) 1973-11-29
AU5574573A (en) 1974-11-21
US3895852A (en) 1975-07-22
AT333356B (en) 1976-11-25
FR2186745A1 (en) 1974-01-11

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PLNP Patent lapsed through nonpayment of renewal fees