High density connector
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
- a stack of insulators;
said stack having opposite surfaces;
a series of aligned cavities in said insulators extending lengthwise through said stack;
contacts mounted in selected ones of said cavities; and
said contact in each said selected cavity having ends extending beyond said surfaces, and a middle spring portion extending from said selected cavity into the next adjacent cavity in said series whereby said middle portion occupies two cavities.
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Abstract
A high density electrical connector is disclosed in which a stack of insulative strips are provided with multiple series of aligned contact cavities extending through the stack. The contacts for the connector have opposite ends which extend outside the opposite faces of the stack, and middle V-shaped resilient portions which cause the ends of the contacts to resiliently engage conductive pads on printed circuit boards mounted on opposite sides of the stack. The middle portion of each contact extends from the cavity in one strip into the cavity of the adjacent strip, so that the length of the middle portion can be increased, thereby enhancing the flexibility of the ends of the contacts.
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
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a stack of insulators; said stack having opposite surfaces; a series of aligned cavities in said insulators extending lengthwise through said stack; contacts mounted in selected ones of said cavities; and said contact in each said selected cavity having ends extending beyond said surfaces, and a middle spring portion extending from said selected cavity into the next adjacent cavity in said series whereby said middle portion occupies two cavities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electrical connector comprising:
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a plurality of insulative strips mounted in side-by-side relationship providing an insulator assembly having upper and lower surfaces; each said strip having a row of contact cavities therein, each said cavity in each strip communicating with a corresponding cavity in the next adjacent strip; a pair of holes in each of said strips associated with selected ones of said cavities therein, said holes of each said pair communicating with their corresponding cavity and opening at said upper and lower surfaces; a contact mounted in some of said selected cavities having opposite ends extending through said holes; and each said contact having a resilient middle portion shaped to form an acute angle, said middle portion being disposed in two of said cavities in adjacent strips. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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