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Electrical connector with combined circuits

  • US 5,149,274 A
  • Filed: 04/01/1991
  • Issued: 09/22/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector for electrically connecting a first electrical component to a second electrical component, comprising:

  • contact means including a plurality of socket/pin contacts for carrying electrical signals between said first electrical component and said second electrical component;

    means for grouping circuits at a first end of said connector into fewer circuits at an opposite end, including a circuit board having a plurality of holes equal in number to the number of said socket/pin contacts, said circuit board having on at least one surface a plurality of continuous conductive traces connecting together at least two, but less than the total number, of said holes in said circuit board, said socket/pin contacts extending through said holes;

    means for electrically connecting said socket/pin contacts to said traces;

    connector shell means for housing said circuit board and said socket/pin contacts; and

    means including at least one dielectric insert bonded to said circuit board to form an integral assembly for retaining said circuit board and said socket/pin contacts in said shell means.

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