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US 2012/0058668 A1Published application
Electrical connector having crimp-mounted electrical terminals
AssigneeFci
InventorsJeroen De Bruijn, Thierry Goossens, Johannes Maria Blasius van Woensel
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Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector includes a connector housing, and at least one electrical terminal supported by the connector housing. The electrical terminal defines a mating portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion carrying a crimp member having crimp teeth configured to pierce through a flex cable when crimped so as to mount the flat flex cable to the mounting portion of the electrical terminal.
Claims19
An electrical terminal comprising:
- a mating portion defining a contact surface that is configured to removably electrically connect to an electrical terminal of a complementary electrical component;
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- a mounting portion including a mounting member and a crimp member that extends from the mounting member, the crimp member having flexible crimp teeth configured to pierce through a flat flex cable along a first direction, and further configured to fold back and pierce into the flat flex cable along a second direction substantially opposite the first direction when crimped so as to mount the flat flex cable to the mounting portion of the electrical terminal,
- wherein the crimp member extends from the mounting member along a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction in which the mating portion is spaced from the mounting portion.
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An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a connector housing that includes a first housing surface that defines a mating interface configured to mate with a complementary electrical connector, and a second housing surface that defines a mounting interface that is configured to secure to a flat flex cable;
- at least one electrical terminal supported by the housing, the electrical terminal defining a mating portion that faces out from the first housing surface, and a mounting portion that includes at least one crimp member that includes a plurality of crimp teeth that face out from the second surface and are configured to pierce the flat flex cable so as to electrically connect the mounting portion of the electrical terminal to the flat flex cable;
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- a strain relief assembly configured to compress the flat flex cable against the connector housing after the mounting portion of the electrical terminal has been electrically connected to the flex cable,
- wherein the crimp member extends from the mounting member along a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction in which the mating portion is spaced from the mounting portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.