Contact retention assembly
AssigneeInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
InventorJames L. von Harz
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Abstract
An electrical connector is disclosed in which the insulator thereof contains a plurality of contact passages. A contact retention plate extends transversely across the insulator between its front and rear faces. The plate embodies apertures aligned with the contact passages. Contact retention fingers extend inwardly from the edges of the apertures to engage shoulders on insulative sleeves mounted on the contacts in the passages. The insulative sleeves provide a higher degree of contact-to-contact electrical isolation and, therefore, permit high density contact arrangements.
Claims21
An electrical connector member comprising:
- an insulator having a plurality of passages extending therethrough from a front face to a rear face thereof;
- a contact retention plate extending transversely across said insulator substantially normal to the longitudinal axes of said passages;
- said plate embodying apertures each aligned with a corresponding one of said passages;
- a radially deflectable retention finger extending inwardly from the edge of each said aperture into its corresponding passage toward one of said faces;
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- a contact in at least one of said passages having an insulative sleeve thereon formed with a shoulder directed toward the other of said faces and engaged by said finger whereby said finger restricts movement of said contact in the direction of said other face.
An electrical connector member comprising:
- an insert having a plurality of passages extending therethrough from a front face to a rear face thereof;
- a contact retention plate extending transversely across said insert substantially normal to the longitudinal axes of said passages;
- said plate embodying apertures each aligned with a corresponding one of said passages;
- a radially deflectable retention finger extending inwardly from the edge of each said aperture into its corresponding passage toward one of said faces;
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- a contact in at least one of said passages having insulative means thereon formed with a shoulder directed toward the other of said faces and engaged by said finger whereby said finger restricts movement of said contact in the direction of said other face.
An electrical connector member comprising:
- a connector shell having a longitudinal axis therethrough;
- a contact retention plate extending transversely across said shell substantially normal to said longitudinal axis;
- said plate embodying a plurlity of apertures;
- a radially deflectable retention finger extending inwardly from the edge of each said aperture toward one end of said shell;
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- a contact in at least one of said apertures having insulative means thereon formed with a shoulder directed toward the other end of said shell and engaged by said finger whereby said finger restricts movement of said contact in the direction of said other end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.