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US 5,690,510 AGranted
Flat cable connector and method for assembling flat cable and a connector housing
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorMasamitsu Chishima
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Abstract
A flat cable connector housing includes a plurality of terminal receptacles into which terminals are to be inserted, and a cable insertion chamber communicated with the terminal receptacles. A forward end of a flat cable is connected and fixed to a lock member so that the flat cable is inserted together with the lock member into the cable insertion chamber. Accordingly, lock projections formed on the lock member engage with lock grooves in the connector housing so that the flat cable together with the lock member is prevented from slipping out of the connector housing.
Claims10
A flat cable connector, comprising:
- a cable insertion chamber formed in a rear portion of a chamber extending through a connector housing so that a forward end of a flat cable is insertable into said cable insertion chamber;
- terminal receptacles formed in a front portion of said chamber so that each one of a plurality of terminals integrally connected together by a connection portion is insertable into a respective one of said terminal receptacles for attachment therein, each of said terminals projecting into said cable insertion chamber to be connectable with said flat cable, said connection portion removably connected to respective base portions of said terminals to be disassociated from said terminals when said terminals are attached to said connector housing to render individual ones of said terminals secured in a respective one of said terminal receptacles, each of said terminals having an anchor portion, a spring portion and a distal end portion, said anchor portion extending longitudinally in a respective one of said receptacles, said spring portion pivotally and flexibly connected to said anchor portion and extending from said anchor portion at an obtuse angle in a direction to project away from the front portion of said chamber and into said cable insertion chamber and said distal end portion extending rewardly of said spring portion to project away from the front portion of said chamber, said distal end portion forming a surface for contacting the forward end of the flat cable when inserted into said cable insertion chamber thereby causing said spring portion to pivot and flex;
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- a lock member fixed to said forward end of said flat cable whereby said flat cable passes around at least a portion of said lock member and a portion of said flat cable facing said terminals is exposed, said lock member being insertable into said cable insertion chamber and including at least one stationary lock projection element formed on and extending outwardly from an upper surface of said lock member and sized to be received by said cable insertion chamber and engageable with a groove formed in said connector housing so that said lock member can be retained within said cable insertion chamber.
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