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US 3,937,546 AGranted
Multiway connector for a printed circuit board
AssigneeTRW Inc.
InventorsAntony Brasher Clewes, Denis William Tuckwood
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Abstract
An electrical connector is described for connecting a multiple flying lead to a printed circuit board without the need for a separate socket. The connector includes board-engaging portion for directly engaging on inwardly or outwardly opposed board edges and making electrical contact with conductors thereon. One- or two-part connector bodies are described, and polarising means are included in each type.
Claims20
In combination, a printed circuit board having opposed edge portions and face portions and the face portions having conductors thereon;
- and a multiway connector comprising a body portion of an electrically insulative material having two board-engaging portions moveable relative to one another in a direction generally parallel to the plane of the printed circuit board, and receiving therein respective edge portions of the board, and a plurality of contact members mounted in the body portion of the connector and comprising contact making portions extending to the board-engaging portions and each contact making portion having opposed spaced apart limbs on each side of the board and at least one of the limbs in engagement with the conductors on at least one face portion of the board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.