Ribbon coaxial cable connector

• US 4,035,050 A
• Filed: 05/05/1976
• Issued: 07/12/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AMP Limited
• Original Assignee: AMP Limited
• Inventors: Volinskie, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Lake, Roy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Application Number:
  US05/683,575
• Time in Patent Office: 433 Days
• Field of Search: 339/17 F, 339/97 R, 339/97 P, 339/98, 339/99, 339/176 MF
• US Class Current: 439/397
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/596 Connection of the shield to an additional grounding conductor, e.g. drain wire
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/675 with contacts having at least a slotted plate for penetration of cable insulation, e.g. insulation displacement contacts for round conductor flat cables
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/432 by stamped-out resilient tongue snapping behind shoulder in base or case

Abstract

This invention relates to a connector for ribbon coaxial cable of the type wherein each center conductor is surrounded by dielectric and a foil shield and each foil shield has a drain wire. More particularly, the connector includes a plurality of contact members each of which consists of an opposing cantilever contact spring section for mating with contact elements of other electrical circuits, a dual-in-line terminating section for receiving either the center conductor or the drain wire and a housing to hold the plurality of contact members.

Claims

1. An electrical connector for a plurality of wires, which comprises:

a. an insulating housing having two rows of passages extending therethrough, one row overlying the other with each passage in the upper row being in direct alignment with a passage in the lower row, and further a platform extending outwardly from an edge defining an end face of each passage with the platforms in the upper row being laterally offset relative to the platforms in the lower row; and

b. a plurality of conductive contact members position in said passages, each contact member having on one end a terminal section projecting outward from an end face of the passages, said terminal sections in the upper row being laterally offset relative to the terminal sections in the lower row so that the base of each terminal section is in direct and abutting alignment with a platform, further each terminal section having on the surface opposite the base wire-receiving means for receiving and electrically terminating a wire, said wire-receiving means on all the terminal sections being oriented in the same direction.

2. A housing for a plurality of electrical contacts of the type having terminal sections on one end with open slot wire-receiving means on one surface thereof, further, the terminal sections on one half of the plurality of contacts being laterally offset to the left with respect to the contacts other end and the terminal sections on the other half of the plurality of contacts being laterally offset to the right, said housing comprising, a rectangular block of insulating material with a plurality of passages therethrough for receiving the electrical contacts with the terminal section extending outwardly therefrom, said passages being arranged in an upper and lower row with each passage in one row being in direct vertical alignment with a passage in the other row, further said block having a plurality of platforms extending longitudinally from one horizontal edge of each passage, the platforms associated with the passage in one row being laterally offset towards one vertical edge thereof and the platforms associated with the passages in the other row being laterally offset toward the other vertical edge so that upon inserting the electrical contacts into the passages the base of the laterally offset terminal sections are in alignment with and abut the platforms and the open slot wire-receiving means on the terminal sections face away from the platforms.