US3137537A - Separable connector for flat multipleconductor cables - Google Patents

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US3137537A
US3137537A US67275A US6727560A US3137537A US 3137537 A US3137537 A US 3137537A US 67275 A US67275 A US 67275A US 6727560 A US6727560 A US 6727560A US 3137537 A US3137537 A US 3137537A
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    • 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
    • H01R12/77—Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/79—Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to rigid printed circuits or like 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
    • 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

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  • the invention has among its objects the provision of a novel separable connector for multiple-conductor cables.
  • a further object of the invention is the provision of an improved separable electrical connector which may be used to advantage with multiple-conductor cables of the flat or tape type.
  • Yet another object of the invention lies in the provision of a separable connector of the type indicated, such -connector being characterized by the positiveness of electrical connection between mating contact portions of the connector.
  • Still a further object of the invention lies in the provision of a separable electrical connector which is particularly adapted for use with a rigid circuit element such as a board containing a printed circuit.
  • a still further object of the invention lies in the provision of a separable electrical connector which is rugged and compact, wherein the mating contacts make secure electrical contact with each other despite long use under rigorous conditions and despite repeated engagement of the connector parts with each other and repeated disengagement of such parts, and which does not add appreciably to the weight of an assembly with which it is used.
  • FIG. l is a view in longitudinal section of a first connector part in accordance with the invention, such first connector part being adapted to receive an element such vas a printed circuit board and to provide for electrical connection to a second connector part;
  • FIG. 2 is a view in front end elevation of the connector part shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a View in longitudinal section of a second part of a separable electrical connector, such second part being adapted to interfit with the first connector part shown in FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a view in front end elevation of the second connector part
  • FIG. 5 is a view in longitudinal section through an assembly of the first and second connector parts positioned in operative mating relationship, a printed circuit board being shown operatively engaged in the first connector part and such assembly;
  • FIG. 6 is an exploded fragmentary view in perspective of the assembly of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7 is a view in longitudinal section through an alternative single-ended connector part in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a view in longitudinal section through a second alternative double-ended connector part made in accordance with the invention.
  • the separable connector of the invention is shown employed with a multiple conductor cable of the flattened or tape type.
  • the connector of the invention displays perhaps its maximum advantages when used with such type of cable, it is to be understood that the connector of the invention may also be used advantageously with cables of other types.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a first connector part, generally designated 10, which is designed for use with an assembly such as that shown in FIG. 5.
  • first connector part 10 which is designed for use with an assembly such as that shown in FIG. 5.
  • the rear (right hand) end of connector part 10 matingly interfits with a second connector part 11 to which is connected a flattened multiple conductor cable V13.
  • Connector part 10 is shown mounted upon and extending through a panel 12, which may be the wall of a circuit-containing enclosure.
  • the forward (left hand) end of connector part 10 is shown in the assembly as receiving and making electrical contact with a flat circuit element such as a printed circuit board 14.
  • the first connector part 10 has an outer shell or housing 15 having a forward end portion 16 of larger transverse dimensions and a smaller rear portion 17. Portions 16 and 17 of the shell are connected by a smoothly curved necked-in portion 19. A flange 20 is connected to shell portion 16 adjacent the rear end thereof so that the shell can be attached to a partition 12 in the manner shown in FIG. 5.
  • a rubber or rubber-like electrically insulating insert 21 fits snugly within the shell 15 so as to form a seal therewith.
  • Insert 21 is accurately positioned within and retained from withdrawal from the shell by having an outwardly projecting boss 24 on the forward portion 22 of the insert interfitting within a hole 25 in the forward end of the shell.
  • the insert is further retained within the shell by a second boss 27 on the rear insert portion 26, boss 27 projecting outwardly within a hole 29 in the rear end of the shell.
  • the forward portion 22 of insert 21 has a longitudinally extending opening 31 therein, opening 31 being designed to receive a portion of printed circuit board 14 and also to position upper and lower contact fingers 35 and 36 making electrical contact with the various contacts on element 14.
  • the rear portion 26 of the insert has a laterally elongated recess or pocket 32, such recess containing a plurality of laterally spaced contact lingers 34, each of which is integral with 'one of contact fingers 35 and 36, as the case may be.
  • Opening 31, in the embodiment shown has a height, that is, a dimension transverse to its length and lying in the plane of the paper in FIG. 1, which is markedly greater than that of recess 32.
  • the spring contact fingers 34 are integral with the respective upper and lower spring fingers 35 and 36.
  • Such integral contacts are in the form of at wires made, for example, of beryllium-copper alloy, and are retained in an electrically insulating block 37 made, for example, of plastic material which extends from side to side of connector part 10.
  • the conductor wires may be molded in place within mounting block 37 and may have la short bent portion 39 lying within the block in order with a plurality of laterally spaced longitudinally extending grooves 42, 44 on the inner wall thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, upper grooves 42 and lower grooves 44 are .laterally spaced.
  • the forward ends of the conductors 32, .3.5 project through an'opening at the forward end of seat 3 ⁇ and then extend angularly upwardly in a run 40.
  • Forwardlyv of ⁇ run Vlltlmthe conductor extends longitudinally of connector part '10 for a, substantial distance along the bottom of groove ⁇ 42, 4following which it is bent downwardly at a relatively shallow angle to form the forward, active portions 35 of the contacts.
  • the extreme forward .ends of contacts 35 are bent upwardly and then rearwardly s o that preferably, when in the relaxed condition shown .inlFlG. 1, at least the upper ends of such upwardly and rearwardly bent portions of ⁇ contacts 35 lie within the grooves 42.
  • the portions of the conductors forming the lowercontacts36 are similarly bent, but in reverse direc- Vtionsnfrom those ofthe upper contacts.
  • the seat 38 'the forward ends of the conductors forming the lower contacts are bent downwardly angularly in runs 41, from which the conductors lie along the bottoms of grooves -4,4 for an appreciable distance.
  • the conductors are bent shallowly angularly upwardly to form the active contact portions 436, the forward ends of such contacts being bent downwardlyand then rearwardly so that at least a portion of Veach of the forward'ends of the lower conductors lie within grooves 44.
  • FIG. Board V14A has a body 45 made, for example, of reinforced electrically insulating plastic material.
  • the body 45 has a thickness which closely Lcoi'rrorrns to the vertical dimension of the recess 31 in the forward end of insulating sheath 21, so that the body 45 may Vbe snugly received within such recess.
  • Body 45 has a plurality Lof laterally spaced vupper and lower bared contact ribbons .or contacts 46 and 4 9, respectively, thereon, vthe upper and lower, contacts alternating in a lateral direction soY as to ⁇ ov ⁇ e ⁇ rliev and make contact with the upper andlow'er uContact fingers 35 and 36.
  • the contacts 46 and 49 are in 'the forni of electrically conducting strips,
  • connector part 11 has an Outer shell or housing l52, which may be made, for example, of metal. ',In1 the embodiment shown shell 52is made in two parts,
  • first, forward portion 54 and a second, rear Vlt'wverwaills offsheath 56 there being a first, forward portion 54 and a second, rear Vlt'wverwaills offsheath 56.
  • the forward end of the recess within sheath 56 has upper and lower flared or tapered Azones 59 which are adapted sealingly to engage the end portion '66 ofthe sheath which projects rearwardly of the shellof'connector part 10.
  • the insert 57 is of such length that its forward end lies somewhat rearwardly of the forward end of shell portion :54.
  • the :upperandlower inner walls of shell portion 54 are spaced somewhat from insert 57 to provide recesses 60 which receive the Vrear end of 'the shell Vof connector part 10.
  • VThe upper and lower surfaces of insert 57 are provided with alternating grooves, the grooves in the upper surface of the insert, shown at 61, sloping forwardly and downwardly from an intermediate zone of the insert, and the grooves on the lower surface of the insert, not specifically shown, slanting forwardly and upwardly.
  • Theimultiple conductor cable generally designated 13, has a plurality of thin, ribbon-like conductor stripswhich are scaled in spaced parallel relationship between ⁇ upper Vand lower insulating layers to form an insulating body.
  • Such cable may be, for example, one manufactured by the Tape Cable Company, Rochester, New York; a typical one of such cables employs conductors made of thin copper strips and a body made of clear, transparent thermoplastic material such as a polyester resin.
  • the insulation is removed from the forward edge of the cable 13 and alternate bared c'onductors of the cable are bent upwardly and downwardly to overlie the rear edge of the respective conductor strips "or foils on insert 57.
  • the conductors may be secured as vforward end of connector part 11, the'rear end ⁇ 66 ofthe sheath of connector part 10 snugly and sealingly fitting 'within the forward 'ared portion 59 of fshe'ath 56.
  • a 'peripherally extending bead A67 is 'preferably divided 'on sheath portion'o, such bead being deformed upon 'assem bly, as shown, whereby Ito insure the formation of a seal betweensheaths 66'and l56.
  • FIG. 7 a multi-conductor attened cable 79 is shown connected to the contacts of connector part 80.
  • the connector part has a strong rigid shell 81 having an outwardly directed fiange 82 thereupon for cooperation, for example, with a tiange such as shown at 69 in FIG. 3.
  • Connector part 80 has a rubber-like electrically insulating sheath 84 snugly and sealingly engaged therewithin, such sheath having an elongated recess within the rear end thereof.
  • Rearwardly directed Contact fingers of which one is shown at 85, extend rearwardly within such recess. The forward ends of the contact fingers are secured within a strong rigid electrically insulating insert 86 as by being molded therewithin.
  • the portion of the conductor finger within the insert block is diverted as shown to provide a strong mechanical connection therewith.
  • the diversion of the contact fingers is such as to expose alternate fingers 0n the upper and lower surfaces of the insert block, respectively, whereby to permit connection between the conductors of the cable and the contact fingers as by soldered joints, of which one at the upper surface of the insert is shown at 83, and another of which, shown at the lower surface of the insert, is designated 86.
  • FIG. 8 there is shown a further alternative connector part 89 in accordance with the invention.
  • Connector part 89 which is double-ended, may, for example, be employed with two connector parts such as that shown at 11 in FIG. 3.
  • Connector part 89 has a strong rigid shell 90 within which is securely and sealingly fitted a rubber-like electrically insulating sheath 91.
  • a strong rigid electrically insulating insert 92 is snugly engaged within a seat in sheath 91, preferably being snapped therein before assembly of the sheath within the shell.
  • An integral conductor 94 made of springy metal such as beryllium-copper, has its central portion mounted within insert block 92 and its opposite, contact finger-forming end portions 95 and 96 projecting longitudinally within elongated recesses at the opposite ends of the sheath 91.
  • Shell 90 carries two peripherally extending flanges 97, 99 which are adapted to interact with anges such as that shown at 69 in FIG. 3, whereby to retain two connector parts 11 in operative engagement with the opposite ends of connector part 89.
  • a separable electrical connector comprising an elongated electrically insulating sheath, an electrically insulating insert block positioned in the sheath intermediate the ends of the sheath, the sheath presenting open ended recesses having two opposite broad walls receiving contacts of other connector parts on opposite sides of the block, a first one of said recesses having a markedly greater height than the second recess, and an elongated spring member affixed intermediate its length to the block generally centrally of the thickness of the latter, opposite ends of the spring member projecting into the respective recesses in the sheath and forming contact fingers for engagement by said contacts of said other connector parts, the contact finger in a first recess being bent to lie with its outer end lying nearer one broad wall of the recess than the other, the contact finger in the second recess lying generally axially of such second recess.
  • a separable electrical connector comprising a first connector part having an elongated electrically insulating resilient sheath, a rigid shell intimately surrounding and confining the sheath, means retaining the sheath within the shell, an electrically insulating elongated insert block positioned in the sheath intermediate the ends of lthe sheath, the sheath presenting elongated open ended recesses on opposite sides of the block, a plurality of spaced elongated parallel spring members affixed intermediate their ends to the block, opposite ends of the spring members projecting into the respective recesses in the sheath and forming contact fingers, the fingers in one recess lying with the outer free ends thereof disposed adjacent a plane equidistant from the opposite walls of said one recess, and a second connector part adapted to be received within said one recess of the first connector part, said second connector part comprising an insulating board having a forward edge portion adapted to be received within the said one recess of the first connector part, and
  • a separable electrical connector comprising an elongated electrically insulating sheath, an electrically insulating insert block positioned in the sheath intermediate the ends of the sheath, the sheath presenting open ended recesses having two opposite broad walls receiving contacts of other connector parts on opposite sides of the block, and an elongated spring member affixed intermediate its length to the block generally centrally of the thickness of the latter, opposite ends of the spring member projecting into the respective recesses in the sheath and forming contact fingers for engagement by said contacts of said other connector parts, the contact finger in a first recess being bent to lie with its outer end lying nearer one broad wall of the recess than the others, the contact finger in the second recess lying generally axially of such second recess.
  • a separable electrical connector comprising an elongated electrically insulating sheath of extended width, an electrically insulating insert block of' extended width positioned in the sheath intermediate the ends of the sheath, the sheath presenting open ended laterally elongated recesses having two opposite broad parallel walls receiving contacts of other connector parts on opposite sides of the block, a first one of said recesses having a markedly greater height than the second recess, a plurality of spaced parallel elongated spring members afiixed intermediate their length to the block generally centrally of the thickness of the latter, opposite ends of the spring members projecting into the respective recesses in the sheath and forming contact fingersl for engagement by said contacts of said other connector parts, the contact fingers in the first recess being bent to lie with their outer ends lying nearer one broad wall of the recess than the other, the contact fingers in the first recess being bent to lie with their outer ends lying nearer one broad wall of the recess than the other, the contact fingers in the
  • a separable electrical connector comprising a lirst connector part having an elongated electrically insulating resilient sheath, a rigid shell intimately surrounding and confining the sheath, means retaining the sheath within the shell, an electrically insulating elongated insert block p0- sitioned in the sheath intermediate the ends of the sheath, the sheath presenting elongated open ended recesses on opposite sides of the block, a plurality of spaced elongated parallel spring members aliixed intermediate their ends to the block, opposite ends of the spring members projecting into the respective recesses in the sheath and forming contact lingers, the lingers in one recess lying With the outer free ends of successive lingers disposed adjacent lthe opposite Walls of said recess, and a second connector part adapted to be received within said one recess of the lirst connector part, said second connector part comprising a plate-like insulating board having a forward edge portion

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