Electrical cable connector

• US 4,445,742 A
• Filed: 02/08/1982
• Issued: 05/01/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Yellow Springs Instrument Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: The Yellow Springs Instrument Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Fullam, Philip S.
• Primary Examiner(s): McQuade, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Austin, Paula
• Application Number:
  US06/346,447
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 339/61 R, 339/61 M, 339/75 MP, 339/255 RT, 339/256 RT, 339/91 R, 339/91 B
• US Class Current: 439/597
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/112 forked sockets having two legs
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/26 Pin or blade contacts for sliding co-operation on one side only for modular jack type connectors H01R24/62
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/627 Snap or like fastening
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6276 comprising one or more balls engaging in a hole or a groove

Abstract

An electrical connector has a first connector member including a plate-like body with retaining notches in the edges thereof, having a connector end and an attachment end, at least one strip of electrically conductive material on at least one face of the body extending from the connector end to the attachment end, and a lead wire anchored to the attachment end and attached to the strip, and a second connector member including a housing of resilient electrically insulating material forming a socket for receiving the body of the first connector member, a contact member located in the socket in position to contact the strip and having a portion for attachment to a second lead wire, and rigid retainer pins incorporated in the housing extending across the socket spaced apart to interfit with the notches, the pins being displaceable in the housing in response to insertion or withdrawal of the first connector member with respect to the second connector member.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a first connector member including a plate-like body of electrically non-conductive material having opposed relatively wide faces, relatively narrow edges, a connector end, and an attachment end,

at least one strip of electrically conductive material on at least one of said faces extending from said connector end toward said attachment end, and

a first lead wire anchored to said attachment end and attached to said strip,

said edges having retaining notches therein adjacent said connector end,

a second connector member including a housing of resilient electrically insulating material forming a socket with an open end dimensioned to receive said body of said first connector member,

a contact member located in said socket in position to contact said strip and having a portion adapted for attachment to a second lead wire,

rigid retainer pins incorporated in said housing extending across said socket and spaced apart to interfit with said notches,

said housing being deformable so as to permit displacement of said pins therein in response to insertion or withdrawal of said first connector member with respect to said second connector member.

2. The connector defined in claim 1, wherein said contact member comprises a spring contact member located in said socket in position to press against said strip, so as to contact said strip.

3. An electrical connector comprising:

a first connector member including a plate-like body of electrically non-conductive material having opposed relatively wide faces, relatively narrow edges, a connector end, and an attachment end,

at least one strip of electrically conductive material on at least one of said faces extending from said connector end toward said attachment end,

a first lead wire anchored to said attachment end and attached to said strip,

said edges having retaining notches therein adjacent said connector end, and

a second connector member including

a relatively rigid body having a slot with an open end and open sides and dimensioned to receive said first connector end and the major areas of said faces but not said edges,

a spring contact member located in said slot in position to press against said strip and having a portion adapted for attachment to a second lead wire,

a housing of resilient electrically insulating material surrounding said second connector member except at said open end thereof,

said housing having slot portions aligned with said open sides of said slot in said second connector member and cooperating therewith to form a socket for a portion of said body of said first connector member,

rigid retainer pins incorporated in said housing extending across said slot portions and spaced apart to interfit with said notches,

said housing being deformable so as to permit displacement of said pins therein in response to insertion or withdrawal of said first connector member with respect to said second connector body.

4. The connector defined in claim 3, wherein said first connector member further includes a casing of electrically insulating material covering the portion of said plate-like body not insertable within said second connector member, said attachment end, and a portion of said first lead wire adjacent thereto.

5. The connector defined in claim 4, wherein said plate-like body defines a pair of holes therein substantially at said attachment end thereof, said first lead wire passing in one direction through a first of said holes and in an opposite direction through the second of said holes so as to anchor said first lead wire to said attachment end.