Coaxial ribbon cable terminator
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1. A device for terminating cable of the type having a plurality of parallel wires, which comprises:
- a. a housing consisting of front and rear upright walls bracketing a base member, and a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves extending through the walls and across the upper surface of the base member, further the base member having a plurality of spaced openings extending vertically therethrough with each opening intersecting a groove; and
b. a plurality of contact terminals adapted to be positioned in the spaced openings, each terminal having at its lower end a pin adapted to depend from the base for insertion into a printed circuit board or the like, and at its upper end a pair of spaced slotted contact members adapted to extend above the upper surface of the base member and to receive and terminate a wire which may be lying in the groove intersected by the opening, and intermediate the two ends a pair of spaced parallel walls joined on one side by a strip of material integral to the walls and having on each of the two free sides a pair of laterally projecting lances, one over the other, said lances adapted to interfere with the walls of the opening to secure the terminal when such is positioned therein.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a device for terminating coaxial ribbon cable to a paddle card, printed circuit board ("PCB") or the like. More particularly, the invention includes an insulating housing having a plurality of spaced openings each containing a terminal. The contact members on one end of the terminals extend upwardly and receive bared wires extending across the housing through slots in the vertical front and rear walls. The pins on the opposite side of the terminals are soldered to the paddle card or PCB.
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1. A device for terminating cable of the type having a plurality of parallel wires, which comprises:
a. a housing consisting of front and rear upright walls bracketing a base member, and a plurality of spaced, parallel grooves extending through the walls and across the upper surface of the base member, further the base member having a plurality of spaced openings extending vertically therethrough with each opening intersecting a groove; and
b. a plurality of contact terminals adapted to be positioned in the spaced openings, each terminal having at its lower end a pin adapted to depend from the base for insertion into a printed circuit board or the like, and at its upper end a pair of spaced slotted contact members adapted to extend above the upper surface of the base member and to receive and terminate a wire which may be lying in the groove intersected by the opening, and intermediate the two ends a pair of spaced parallel walls joined on one side by a strip of material integral to the walls and having on each of the two free sides a pair of laterally projecting lances, one over the other, said lances adapted to interfere with the walls of the opening to secure the terminal when such is positioned therein.
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Current AssigneeAMP Limited
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Original AssigneeAMP Limited
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InventorsVolinskie, Robert, Schumacher, William Ludlow
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Primary Examiner(s)Lake, Roy
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Assistant Examiner(s)Bicks, Mark S.
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Application NumberUS05/532,076Time in Patent Office551 DaysField of Search339/17 C, 339/17 F, 339/98, 339/99 R, 339/176 MF, 339/176 MPUS Class Current439/439CPC Class CodesH01R 4/245 the additional means having...H01R 43/01 for connecting unstripped c...
