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Electrical connector

  • US 4,768,969 A
  • Filed: 06/09/1987
  • Issued: 09/06/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical connector for establishing a selective electrical connection to a tongue-like conductor, comprising:

  • a housing comprising electrical insulating material and defining a passageway extending from the exterior to the interior of the housing into which the tongue conductor is inserted;

    a lever member comprising electrical insulating material and connected for pivoting with respect to the housing between opened and closed positions, the lever member including a leg portion which moves in an arcuate path into the passageway when the lever member is pivoted into the closed position;

    retention means for contacting an mechanically retaining the tongue conductor within the housing, said retention means positioned on and pivotably carried by the leg portion of the lever member into the passageway for directly mechanically contacting and retaining the tongue conductor when the lever member is in the closed position and to withdraw for releasing the mechanical retention of the tongue conductor within the passageway when the lever member is in the open position;

    a pair of lower electrical contact means retained within the housing in a spacially separated and electrically insulated relationship at a lower location in the passageway, each lower contact means electrically contacting the lower surface of the tongue conductor at spacially separated locations;

    a pair of upper electrical contact means connected to the lever member in a spacially separated and electrically insulated relationship, each upper contact means located on the lever member at a predetermined location to be pivotably carried toward and oriented above the lower contact means upon pivoting of the lever member into the closed position, each upper contact means operatively electrically contacting the upper surface of the tongue conductor at spaced apart locations when the lever member is in the closed position; and

    means within the housing for electrically connecting one of the upper contact means with one of the lower contact means.

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