Connector for use with printed wiring circuits

An electrical cable connector for connecting a multiplicity of separately insulated conductors, of a multi-conductor cable, to the corresponding edge contacts of printed wiring cards, including in combination a connector body which houses parallel rows of electrical contacts and circuits connecting said rows of electrical contacts with the respective conductors of said cable, a shell that encloses the connector body, the shell having an open space at the front end thereof for admitting into the connector the edge of a printed wiring card that carries said edge contacts, a tongue extending forward from the connector in position to cooperate with complementary means extending from the card to insure proper polarization of the connector and the contact carrying edge of the wiring card, and a latch attached to the connector and extending forward therefrom in position to engage an extension projecting from the wiring card, when the tongue is in cooperating relation with said complementary means of the wiring card for securing the connector to the wiring card with the edge contacts of the printed wiring cards in engagement with the contacts in the connector body, characterized by a printed wiring card having complementary means extending from the card and constituting a handle secured to the printed wiring card with a portion of the handle projecting away from the plane of the card, said portion having an opening through which the tongue extends when the card and connector are oriented with respect to one another for the correct correlation of the respective circuits, the latch being in position to hook over a portion of the handle when the tongue is fully inserted through the opening in the handle.

An electrical cable connector for connecting a multiplicity of separately insulated conductors, of a multi-conductor cable, to the corresponding edge contacts of printed wiring cards, including in combination a connector body which houses parallel rows of electrical contacts and circuits connecting said rows of forward contacts with the respective conductors of said cable, a shell that encloses the connector body, the shell having an open space at the front thereof for admitting into the connector the edge of a printed wiring card that carries said edge contacts, the shell including complementary parts that fit together, the parts including an upper part and a lower part having fastening means at one end of said parts for preventing the parts from moving angularly with respect to one another, and each of the parts having, at the other ends thereof, interlocking portions integral therewith, said interlocking portions including a first extension projecting from one side of the upper part at a forward location thereof and a second extension projecting from the opposite side thereof at a less forward location, both of said extensions projecting downward immediately adjacent to sides of the lower part, a third extension projecting from a side of the lower part on the opposite side of the connector from the first extension and at a forward location on the lower part, a fourth extension projecting from a side of the lower part on the opposite side of the connector from the second extension and at a corresponding less forward location, both of the third and fourth extensions projecting upward immediately adjacent to sides of the upper part, the extensions of both sides of the upper part having faces confronting and adjacent to the extensions of the lower part, and the confronting faces on one side of the connector having horizontally extending overlapping surfaces at the top portions thereof, and the confronting faces on the other side of the connector having corresponding overlapping surfaces at the bottom portions thereof, whereby said extensions prevent movement of said parts, with respect to one another, in any direction having either horizontal or vertical components.