Electrical connector system
First Claim
1. An electrical connector having first and second coacting engagable and releasable longitudinally extending parts, each of said parts including a plurality of spaced electrical contacts for connection to the contacts on the other part comprising,a latching and unlatching mechanism connected between the first and second parts and positioned on each side of the plurality of contacts,said mechanism including latching arms on one part and latch shoulders on the other part,a longitudinally extending loading and wiping block extending through the second part adjacent the electrical contacts on the second part and extending through the latching and unlatching mechanisms,coacting incline surfaces in the latching and unlatching mechanisms between the loading and wiping block and the first part for moving the block transversely as it is moved toward the contacts,rotatable cam means between the block and said second part for moving the block toward the contacts, andrelease means engagable with and unlatching the latching arms from the latch shoulders.
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Abstract
An electrical connector having first and second coacting engagable parts for mating a plurality of spaced electrical contacts in which the system includes predictable alignment, contact force and wiping features. The connector may use flexible circuit tape as the contact elements in which a plurality of modules may be utilized to be aligned separately to avoid cumulative alignment errors. The flexible circuit tape may be a TAB type tape which is configured to allow the end user with the capability to program the signal/ground ratio of the interconnect.
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23 Claims
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1. An electrical connector having first and second coacting engagable and releasable longitudinally extending parts, each of said parts including a plurality of spaced electrical contacts for connection to the contacts on the other part comprising,
a latching and unlatching mechanism connected between the first and second parts and positioned on each side of the plurality of contacts, said mechanism including latching arms on one part and latch shoulders on the other part, a longitudinally extending loading and wiping block extending through the second part adjacent the electrical contacts on the second part and extending through the latching and unlatching mechanisms, coacting incline surfaces in the latching and unlatching mechanisms between the loading and wiping block and the first part for moving the block transversely as it is moved toward the contacts, rotatable cam means between the block and said second part for moving the block toward the contacts, and release means engagable with and unlatching the latching arms from the latch shoulders.
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12. An electrical connector comprising,
first and second coacting engagable and releasable longitudinally extending parts, said first part having an opening for receiving said second part, said first part having a window in which are positioned a plurality of spaced electrical contacts, said second part including a plurality of spaced electrical contacts extending around the bottom of the second part and attached to opposite sides of the second part, the contacts on the second part positioned to engage the contacts on the first part when the second part is positioned in the opening of the first part, a latching and unlatching mechanism connected between the first and second parts and positioned on each side of the plurality of contacts, said mechanism including latching arms on one part and latch shoulders on the other part, a longitudinally extending loading and wiping block extending through the second part against the electrical contacts on the second part and extending through the latching and unlatching mechanisms, coacting incline surfaces in the latching and unlatching mechanism between the loading and wiping block and the first part for moving the block transversely to the longitudinal axis of the parts as it is moved toward the contacts, rotatable cam means between the block and said second part for moving the block toward the contacts, and release means engagable with and unlatching the latching arms from the latch shoulders.
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22. A flexible electrical interconnect tape having three layers comprising,
the first layer includes a plurality of electrical traces, the second layer is the middle layer and includes an insulator, and the third layer includes a metal ground layer, a conductive via connected to alternate traces and extending through the insulator to the third layer, and a connection in the third layer between each via and the ground layer and said connection extending from the ground layer to the conductive via for ease of removal for changing the signal to ground ratio.
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23. A flexible electrical interconnect tape having three layers comprising,
the first layer includes a plurality of electrical traces, and second layer is the middle layer and includes an insulator, and the third layer includes a metal ground layer, a conductive via connected to alternate traces through the insulator to the third layer, and a connection in the third layer between each via and the ground layer and said connection extending from the ground layer to the conductive via for ease of removal for changing the signal to ground ratio and including a portion offset from the electrical traces.
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