Connector for a ribbon cable
AssigneeTyco Electronics AMP GmbH
InventorsChristian Otto Boemmel, Rolf Jetter
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Abstract
A connector for a ribbon cable includes a housing having a ribbon cable receiving region extending between a front surface and a back surface of the housing. A ribbon cable disposed in the ribbon cable receiving region. The ribbon cable has contact sections arranged at the back surface of the housing. Retention clips arranged on the back surface of the housing that receive a portion of the ribbon cable. The retention clips are arranged at a fixed spacing such that the contact sections of the ribbon cable are accessible between each of the retention clips for receiving contact elements.
Claims26
A connector for a ribbon cable, comprising:
- a housing having a ribbon cable receiving region extending between a front surface and a back surface of the housing;
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- retention clips arranged on the back surface of the housing that extend into the ribbon cable receiving region, the retention clips being arranged at a fixed spacing such that the ribbon cable receiving region is accessible between each of the retention clips for receiving contact elements.
A connector, comprising:
- a housing having a ribbon cable receiving region extending between a front surface and a back surface of the housing;
- a ribbon cable disposed in the ribbon cable receiving region and having contact sections arranged at the back surface of the housing;
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- retention clips arranged on the back surface of the housing that receive a portion of the ribbon cable, the retention clips being arranged at a fixed spacing such that the contact sections of the ribbon cable are accessible between each of the retention clips for receiving contact elements.
A connector arrangement, comprising:
- a contact socket having first and second contact elements;
- a connector having a ribbon cable receiving region extending between a front surface and a back surface of the housing;
- a ribbon cable disposed in the ribbon cable receiving region, the ribbon cable having contact sections formed on top and bottom surfaces thereof;
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- retention clips formed on the back surface of the housing that receive a portion of the ribbon cable, the retention clips being arranged at a fixed spacing such that the contact sections are accessible between each of the retention clips by the first and second contact elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.