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US 8,075,320 B2Granted
Multipole matrix connector
AssigneeAmphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH
InventorsAndreas Schmückle, Matthias Kassner, Uwe Ellsässer, Eckhard Schewe
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Abstract
The invention concerns a matrix connector comprising a first pair of plug-in connectors and a second pair of plug-in connectors, in which the first pair of plug-in connectors has a housing, in which at least one flexible printed circuit board with at least one array of contacts is designed, which is contacted with at least one second array of contacts, which is designed in the second pair of plug-in connectors.
Claims10
A matrix connector comprising:
- a first plug-in connector having a first housing with two flexible printed circuit boards mounted therein, the two flexible printed circuit boards having a bridge therebetween, each flexible printed circuit board having at least one array of first contacts;
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- a second plug-in connector designed to mate with the first plug-in connector, the second plug-in connector having a second housing with a recess, the recess having at least one array of second contacts mounted therein,
- wherein the first plug-in connector has at least one first guiding device protruding therefrom, and a first guide hole disposed in the bridge,
- wherein the second plug-in connector has a second guiding device protruding therefrom, and at least one second guide hole,
- wherein upon mating of the first plug-in connector and the second plug-in connector, the at least one first guiding device is accepted into the at least one second guide hole and the second guiding device is accepted into the first guide hole, and
- wherein the first guide hole has a groove designed to accept a notch disposed on the second guiding device, the groove and notch configured to ensure correct alignment of the first plug-in connector and the second plug-in connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.