Contact assembly
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorBob Mouissie
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Abstract
A contact assembly is provided comprising a plastic housing including a pair of spaced rows of terminal receiving cavities and a contact in each cavity. Each cavity has a flexible wall, and a link having one end connected to the flexible wall and the other end engaged with a drive operatively mounted between the spaced rows. The drive extends each link, flexes the wall and engages a male terminal inserted in each cavity with the contact in each cavity to establish an electrical connection between the terminal and the contact.
Claims6
In a contact assembly comprising a plastic housing including a pair of spaced rows of terminal receiving cavities and a contact mounted in each cavity for receiving a male terminal of a modular circuit package, each cavity having a flexible wall and a link having one end connected to the flexible wall and the other end engaged with a drive operatively mounted between the spaced rows of terminal receiving cavities for extending each link, flexing the wall and engaging a male terminal inserted in each cavity with the contact in each cavity to establish an electrical connection between the terminal and the contact.
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