Insulating plug for use in electric connectors
AssigneeThomas & Betts Corporation
InventorsSven E. Lindeberg, Claude Casses
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Abstract
A connector comprises a plug of electrically insulating material and a housing box for accommodating electric contacts therein. The plug is selectively insertable in the box and comprises at least one first element insertable in a bore of the box formed for accommodating the contacts, and a second element for insertion in a corresponding opening of a printed circuit board. The plug selectively includes a bore for receipt of a complementary electric contact or a lug closing the box bore for preventing receipt of a complementary electric contact.
Claims11
An electric connector for electrical connection to a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a housing box (10) having a plurality of bores (11) for selectively receiving and supporting therein electric contacts for electrical connection to conductive traces on said printed circuit boards;
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- a plug (1, 2, 3, 4) of insulating material having an elongate first element (5) received selectively in one of said bores (11) formed to receive one of said respective contacts, said first element terminating at one end thereof in a second element (6) comprising resilient means disposed exteriorly of said box (10) for insertion in an opening in said printed circuit board and at the other end thereof in means disposed in said bore (11) for selectively providing either receipt of a complementary electric contact or prevention of insertion of a complementary electric contact.
An electric connector for electrical connection to a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a housing box (10) having a plurality of bores (11) for selectively receiving and supporting therein electric contacts for electrical connection to conductive traces on said printed circuit board;
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- a plug (1, 2, 3, 4) of insulating material having an elongate first element (5) received selectively in one of said bores (11) formed to receive one of said respective contacts, said first element terminating at one end thereof in a second element (6) comprising resilient means disposed exteriorly of said box (10) for insertion in an opening in said printed circuit board and at the other end thereof in access means (8) disposed in said bore (11) for receipt of a complementary electric contact therein.
An electric connector for electrical connection to a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a housing box (10) having a plurality of bores (11) for selectively receiving and supporting therein electric contacts for electrical connection to conductive traces on said printed circuit board;
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- a plug (1, 2, 3, 4) of insulating material having an elongate first element (5) received selectively in one of said bores (11) formed to receive one of said respective contacts, said first element terminating at one end thereof in a second element (6) comprising resilient means disposed exteriorly of said box (10) for insertion in an opening in said printed circuit board and at the other end thereof in closed means (7) disposed in said bore (11) for prevention of insertion of a complementary electric contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.