Linking cable connector

A linking cable connector comprising:

• a cover defining an interior cavity;
• and
• a lead frame held in the interior cavity of the cover, the lead frame extending along a longitudinal axis between a first wire interface end and an opposite second wire interface end, the lead frame defining a wide span region that includes the first wire interface end, a narrow span region that includes the second wire interface end, and a transition region disposed between the wide span region and the narrow span region along the longitudinal axis, the lead frame including a plurality of conductive leads arranged side by side in a row along a lateral axis, the conductive leads extending between the first and second wire interface ends of the lead frame, at least some adjacent conductive leads being spaced on a first lead pitch along the wide span region and the at least some adjacent conductive leads being spaced on a second lead pitch along the narrow span region , the second lead pitch being less than the first lead pitch,
• wherein the conductive leads along the wide span region are configured to engage and electrically connect to corresponding wire conductors of a first cable harness and the conductive leads along the narrow span region are configured to engage and electrically connect to corresponding wire conductors of a second cable harness such that the conductive leads provide conductive paths between the wire conductors of the first cable harness and the wire conductors of the second cable harness.

A linking cable connector comprising:

• a cover defining an interior cavity;
• and
• an array of electrical conductors held in the interior cavity of the cover, the array of electrical conductors extending longitudinally between a first wire interface end and an opposite second wire interface end, the array of conductors defining a wide span region that includes the first wire interface end, a narrow span region that includes the second wire interface end, and a transition region disposed between the wide span region and the narrow span region, the electrical conductors in the array each extending the length of the array between the first wire interface end and the second wire interface end and being laterally spaced apart from one another in a row, the electrical conductors along the wide span region having a first pitch between adjacent electrical conductors and the electrical conductors along the narrow span region having a second pitch between adjacent electrical conductors that is less than the first pitch,
• wherein the transition region extends between a wide end and an opposite narrow end, the electrical conductors at the wide end having the first pitch between adjacent electrical conductors, the electrical conductors at the narrow end having the second pitch between adjacent electrical conductors, the electrical conductors extending linearly between the wide end and the narrow end,
• wherein the electrical conductors along the wide span region are configured to engage and electrically connect to corresponding wire conductors of a first cable harness and the electrical conductors along the narrow span region are configured to engage and electrically connect to corresponding wire conductors of a second cable harness such that each electrical conductor provides a conductive path between one of the wire conductors of the first cable harness and a corresponding wire conductor of the second cable harness.