Mass terminable flat flexible cable to pin connector

An electrical connector for establishing an electrical interconnection between a plurality of closely spaced electrical pins in a horizontal row and cable conductors in a horizontal insulated cable including:

• a terminal stamped and formed from a spring metal blank and comprising a first cable conductor interconnection portion joined to a second pin interconnection portion;
• the cable conductor interconnection portion adjacent a first end of the terminal comprising a horizontal base and conductor engaging members formed upwardly from opposite sides of the horizontal base;
• the pin interconnection portion adjacent a second end of the terminal comprising a vertical base and upper and lower resilient pin contact arms formed outwardly from the top and bottom of the vertical base respectively, the upper and lower arms being substantially horizontal and having constricted contact ends, the upper resilient pin contact arm being spaced above the horizontal base of the cable interconnection portion and the lower resilient pin contact arm being in substantially the same plane and spaced from the horizontal base of the cable interconnection portion;
• the vertical base of the pin interconnection portion being joined with the horizontal base of the cable conductor interconnection portion intermediate the first and second ends of the terminal by a right angle bend.

A mass termination electrical connector for establishing an electrical interconnection between a plurality of pins in a horizontal row spaced apart by a distance no greater than 0.0500 inch, and cable conductors in a horizontal insulated cable, adjacent conductors being spaced apart by the same distance as adjacent pins, the connector comprising:

• an insulative housing having a horizontal row of compartments extending between opposite faces, adjacent compartments being spaced apart by the same distance as adjacent pins;
• a plurality of arrays of adjacent stamped and formed terminals, adjacent terminals in each array being spaced apart by a distance equal to a multiple of the spacing between adjacent pins, the terminals in the arrays being insertable into one face of the housing compartments by offsetting terminals in separate arrays, the terminals in each array being in the same row;
• each terminal further comprising a first cable conductor interconnection portion joined to a second pin interconnection portion;
• the cable conductor interconnection portion adjacent a first end of the terminal comprising a horizontal base and conductor engaging members formed upwardly from opposite sides of the horizontal base;
• the pin interconnection portion adjacent a second end of the terminal comprising a vertical base and upper and lower resilient pin contact arms formed outwardly from the top and bottom of the vertical base respectively, the upper and lower arms being substantially horizontal and having constricted contact ends, the upper resilient pin contact arm being spaced above the horizontal base of the cable interconnection portion and the lower resilient pin contact arm being in substantially the same plane and spaced from the horizontal base of the cable interconnection portion;
• the vertical base of the pin interconnection portion being joined with the horizontal base of the cable conductor interconnection portion intermediate the first and second ends of the terminal by a right angle bend.