Electrical connector and terminal for flat circuitry
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorFrank T. Keyser
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An electrical connector is provided for a flat circuit which has at least one pin-receiving hole therein and a conductor on a side thereof about the hole. A dielectric circuit support member supports the flat circuit and has a pin-receiving hole in registry with the hole in the flat circuit. A conductive terminal includes a pin portion insertable through the hole in the flat circuit and into the hole in the support member. A wing portion projects laterally of the terminal for engaging the conductor on the flat circuit. The hole in the support member is sized relative to the pin portion of the terminal to establish an interference fit therebetween and to maintain the wing portion in compressive engagement with the conductor of the flat circuit.
Claims20
An electrical connector for a flat circuit, the flat circuit having which has a flat dielectric substrate with at least one pin-receiving hole therein and a conductor on a side thereof about the hole, the connector comprising:
- a dielectric circuit support member for supporting the flat circuit substrate on one side thereof with the conductor of the flat circuit facing away the support member, the support member having a pin-receiving hole for registry with the pin-receiving hole in the flat circuit;
- a conductive terminal having a pin portion insertable from said one side of the support member through the hole in the flat circuit and into the hole in the support member, and a laterally projecting wing portion for engaging the conductor on the flat circuit;
- cross-dimensions of the pin portion being sized relative to the hole in the flat circuit substrate such that the pin portion is spaced apart from the substrate and the flat circuit conductor when the pin portion is inserted into the hole in the substrate with the substrate supported by the support member;
- and
- said hole in the support member being sized relative to the cross-dimensions of the pin portion of the terminal to establish interference fit therebetween and to maintain the wing portion of the terminal in compressive engagement with the conductor of the flat circuit.
An electrical connector for a flat circuit, the flat circuit having which has a flat dielectric substrate with at least one pin-receiving hole therein and a conductor on a side thereof about the hole, the connector comprising:
- a dielectric circuit support member fabricated of plastic non conductive material for supporting the flat circuit on one side thereof with the conductor of the flat circuit facing away from the support member, the support member having a pin-receiving hole for registry with the pin-receiving hole in the flat circuit;
- a conductive terminal stamped of conductive sheet metal material and having a pin portion insertable from said one side of the support member through the hole in the flat circuit and into the hole in the support member, a pair of laterally projecting wing portions for engaging the conductor on the flat circuit, and a contact pin extending coaxially from the pin portion beyond an opposite side of the support member for interconnection to a contact of an appropriate complementary connecting device;
- cross-dimensions of the pin portion being sized relative to the hole in the flat circuit substrate such that the pin portion is spaced apart from the substrate and the flat circuit conductor when the pin portion is inserted into the hole in the substrate with the substrate supported by the support member;
- and
- said hole in the support member being sized relative to the cross-dimensions of the pin portion of the terminal to establish an interference fit therebetween and to maintain the wing portion of the terminal in compressive engagement with the conductor of the flat circuit;
- and
- the cross-dimensions of said contact pin being less than the size of the hole in the circuit support member so that the contact pin does not engage the inside of the hole when the pin portion of the terminal is inserted into the hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.