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US 5,149,274 AGranted
Electrical connector with combined circuits
AssigneeAmphenol Corporation
InventorsDavid O. Gallusser, James B. LeBaron
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Abstract
A multiple pin connector includes a printed circuit board positioned between insulating components of a connector insert. The printed circuit board electrically connects together contacts of the connector and is affixed to the insulating components by a bonding material. The contacts pass through the insert and are soldered to traces on the circuit board to thereby group circuits at a first end of the connector into fewer circuits at an opposite end of the connector.
Claims18
A connector for electrically connecting a first electrical component to a second electrical component, comprising:
- contact means including a plurality of socket/pin contacts for carrying electrical signals between said first electrical component and said second electrical component;
- means for grouping circuits at a first end of said connector into fewer circuits at an opposite end, including a circuit board having a plurality of holes equal in number to the number of said socket/pin contacts, said circuit board having on at least one surface a plurality of continuous conductive traces connecting together at least two, but less than the total number, of said holes in said circuit board, said socket/pin contacts extending through said holes;
- means for electrically connecting said socket/pin contacts to said traces;
- connector shell means for housing said circuit board and said socket/pin contacts;
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- means including at least one dielectric insert bonded to said circuit board to form an integral assembly for retaining said circuit board and said socket/pin contacts in said shell means.
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