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US 6,146,212 AGranted
Terminal connector assembly
AssigneeRia Electronic Albert Metz
InventorNorbert Kipnik
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Abstract
A terminal connector assembly comprising a terminal housing, having at least one terminal contact which can be inserted into the terminal housing for connection to a conductor, and with a plug contact for the plug-in connection of a contact pin assigned to each terminal contact and in electrical contact therewith, means for pre-inserting and holding the said contact pin as a separate contact pin in the plug contact, whereby at least one end of the contact pin projects out of the terminal housing.
Claims9
A terminal connector system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a terminal contact assembly removably inserted and retained into said housing with electrically connected contracts, comprising;
- a first contact portion for receiving, securing, and establishing electrical contact with an insulation displacement conductor;
- a second contact portion integral with said first portion for receiving, securing, and maintaining electrical contact with a plug-in-contact pin;
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- a plug-in-contact pin for insertion into said second contact portion and a tail depending from said plug-in-contact pin and extending either above or below said housing, said plug-in-contact pin tail capable of being inserted and secured to a circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.