# US 2019/0356072 A1 · Ribbon Cable Connector, Connector Assembly and Use of a Connector

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- Number: US 2019/0356072 A1
- Document ID: US20190356072A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/415,188
- Filed: 2019-05-17
- Published: 2019-11-21
- Earliest claimed: 2018-05-17
- Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
- Applicants: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
- Inventors: Maximilian Veihl; Christoph Kosmalski; Michael Schall; Robert Stab; Zoran Stjepanovic; Marcel Baltes; Willi Dietrich
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190356072A1

## CPC

- H01R 12/777: {Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts (H01R12/78, H01R12/79 take precedence)}
- H01R 12/778: {Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous counter-contacts (H01R12/78, H01R12/79 take precedence)}
- H01R 12/771: {Details}
- H01R 12/69: deformable terminals, e.g. crimping terminals
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

A ribbon cable connector for attachment to an end of a ribbon cable comprises a plurality of contact element receptacles adapted to receive a plurality of contact elements. A pair of adjacent contact element receptacles is separated from one another.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A ribbon cable connector for attachment to an end of a ribbon cable, comprising:
a plurality of contact element receptacles adapted to receive a plurality of contact elements, a pair of adjacent contact element receptacles are separated from one another.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ribbon cable connector of claim 1, wherein the contact element receptacles are separated from one another along a total extent of the contact element receptacles in a plug-in direction in which the contact elements are plugged into the contact element receptacles.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The ribbon cable connector of claim 1, wherein the contact element receptacles are separated from one another up to a plug-in aperture.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The ribbon cable connector of claim 1, wherein the contact element receptacles are separated from one another up to a wire-side end.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The ribbon cable connector of claim 2, further comprising a plurality of insulating elements separating a plurality of conductors of the ribbon cable along the plug-in direction beyond the contact element receptacles.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The ribbon cable connector of claim 5, wherein the insulating elements are each a protrusion.

### Claim 7

A connector assembly, comprising:
a ribbon cable connector having a plurality of contact element receptacles adapted to receive a plurality of contact elements, a pair of adjacent contact element receptacles are separated from one another; and
a ribbon cable having a plurality of conductors individualized and insulated at least in sections at a connector-side end attached to the contact elements.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The connector assembly of claim 7, wherein the plurality of conductors are embedded in an insulating element.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the insulating element has a plurality of edges between the conductors.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the conductors are at least partially stripped of the insulating element at the connector-side end.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The connector assembly of claim 10, wherein a plurality of gaps are disposed between the conductors.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The connector assembly of claim 11, wherein the gaps are formed by stamping.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The connector assembly of claim 11, wherein each pair of adjacent contact element receptacles is separated by a wall of the ribbon cable connector that extends into one of the gaps.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the gaps have a depth that corresponds to at least a difference between a plug-in depth by which the conductors are plugged in the ribbon cable connector and a contact length along which the conductors are stripped.