Electrical connector locator plate
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorsJerome A. Malmquist, Dean K. Reidt
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Abstract
A locator plate for positioning a plurality of different length multi-contact insulation displacement connectors for connection to multi-conductor flat cables has movable end guides for the connectors and a plurality of shims individually slidable along a shim support rod and pivotable on the shim support rod to a position between the end guides to define the proper spacing between the end guides for each of the connectors.
Claims11
A locator plate for positioning a plurality of different length multi-contact insulation displacement connectors for connection to multi-conductor flat cables, comprising:
- a base plate,
- an end guide support rod mounted parallel to said base plate,
- a pair of connector end guides having facing connector end guide channels that extend perpendicular to said base plate, at least one of said end guides being slidable along said end guide support rod toward and away from the other end guide to change the spacing between said end guide channels,
- a shim support rod mounted parallel to and spaced from said end guide support rod,
- a plurality of shims having parallel major faces mounted on said shim support rod with their major faces perpendicular to the axis of said support rod and being slidable along said shim support rod, said shims extending from said shim support rod a sufficient distance to extend into the space between said connector end guides to define the spacing between said end guides and being individually pivotable on said shim support rod out of the space between said connector end guides to permit said movable end guide to be slid closer to the other end guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.