Prefabricated contacts for printed circuit card connectors

An arrangement of conductive contact elements suitable for mounting on a printed circuit board to form an array of serially spaced connector contacts or terminals at the free ends of a plurality of circuit leads or conductors on the circuit board, the arrangement comprising an elongate carrier strip;

• a plurality of co-planar contacts each connected and extending from said carrier strip, said contacts being electically conductive and having at least portions planar and adapted to be joined to the circuit board, at least one of said planar portions being co-planar with said carrier strip, the spacing between said free ends of said plurality of circuit leads or conductors;
• and electrically conductive extensions at the other end of each contact adapted to be joined to an associated lead or conductor free end on the circuit board.

A conductive contact element suitable for mounting on a printed circuit board to form a connector contact or terminal at the end of a circuit conductor on the printed circuit board, the contact element comprising a generally planar body portion which is electrically conductive;

• attaching means on at least one planar surface of said body portion for attaching the same to the circuit board;
• an electrically conductive extension at one end of said body portion adapted to be joined to the circuit conductor on the printed circuit board;
• and a carrier provided at the other end of said body portion suitable for being gripped during securing and positioning of said body portion before and while the same is attached to the circuit board, at least a portion of said body portion being co-planar with said carrier, said conductive extension being attached to the circuit conductor on the printed circuit board, whereby removal of said carrier after said extension is attached to the circuit conductor on the circuit board and after said body portion is attached to the circuit board exposes said other end of said body portion and permits the same to mate with a cooperating connector element and make contact therewith.

An arrangement of conductive contact elements for mounting on a printed circuit board to form spaced contacts or terminals at the free ends of a plurality of circuit leads of conductors on the circuit board, the arrangement comprising elongate carrier means;

• and a plurality of contacts made from an electrically conductive material and being generally co-planar with said carrier means, and said contacts being connected to and spaced from each other along said carrier means and adapted to be disconnected therefrom for mounting on a printed circuit board, at least one portion of each of said plurality of contacts being substantially planar and co-planar with at least one of said carriers and configurated to mate with the surface of the printed circuit board to which it is adapted to be abutted, at least one of said pair of elongate spaced carriers positioning said contacts during attachment of the same to the circuit board and said circuit leads or conductors.