Connector for flat cable
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorTed R. Huntley
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Abstract
Connections to one or more wires of a flat cable are made with connectors having contact elements each with two bifurcate contact members extending to different heights and at right angles to each other from a common base. One contact member contacts a wire of the cable. The other member penetrates the cable parallel to that wire and contacts a connecting wire. Cutting means for severing the cable wire may be included.
Claims9
A connector comprising an insulating base, an insulating cover, and, fixed in said base, folded bi-level twin spring compression reserve U-contact elements having their two bifurcate contact members extending to different lengths in the same direction and from the same edge of a folded base and in planes at right angles to each other.
Method of connecting a wire to an individual conductor of a flat cable comprising forcing a folded bi-level twin spring compression reserve U-contact element against said cable with the shorter U-contact making electrical contact with said conductor and the longer U-contact penetrating the cable insulation parallel to said conductor and making electrical contact with said wire lying transversely of and against said cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.