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US 6,280,260 B1Granted
Connector and method of assembling said connector
AssigneeAmphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH
InventorMichael Bertsch
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Abstract
A connector comprising a contact element support 12 and a plurality of contact elements 20, wherein said contact element support 12 comprises a first, e.g. upper surface provided with ribs 16 having walls 26 which define spaces 15 and a second, e.g. lower surface opposite said first surface and provided with recesses 25, and wherein each of said contact elements 20 comprises claws 44 adapted to cooperate with said walls 26 defining said spaces 15 and further comprises a mounting portion 30 adapted to cooperate with said recesses 25 provided in said second surface.
Claims12
A connector, comprising:
- (a) a contact element support including a first surface comprising ribs including walls which define spaces therebetween and a second surface opposite said first surface and comprising recesses;
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- (b) a plurality of electrically conductive contact elements, each of said contact elements including
- a strip including claws adapted to cooperate with said walls defining said spaces, and
- a mounting portion connected to said strip and adapted to cooperate with said recesses provided in said second surface;
- wherein said contact element support comprises a mounting part and an abutment part, both parts being formed as a single piece from plastic material,
- wherein said abutment part comprises projections at an end thereof projecting away from said mounting part, said projections being located in the extension of said rib extension portions and being formed by them;
- wherein said projections define recesses adapted to receive and hold the mounting portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.