Device for facilitating construction of electrical apparatus

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR INTERCONNECTING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS COMPRISING A BODY OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A FACE SURFACE AND A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED CAVITIES WITHIN THE BODY ADJACENT TO THE FACE SURFACE, THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID CAVITIES BEING DISPOSED PARALLEL TO THE FACE SURFACE OF THE BODY IN A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL ROWS, A PLURALITY OF CAVITIES BEING DISPOSED IN EACH ROW, AN ELONGATED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING CONTACT MEMBER DISPOSED IN EACH CAVITY WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CAVITY, SAID CONTACT MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF CONFRONTING JAWS DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE FACE SURFACE, THE JAWS OF SAID PAIR BEING DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF AND PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CONTACT MEMBER, AND SPRING BIAS MEANS FOR FORCING THE PAIR OF JAWS INTO ABUTMENT, SAID BODY HAVING AN OPENING EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH CAVITY AND THE FACE SURFACE OF THE BODY CONFRONTING EACH OF THE JAWS, WHEREBY AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PIN-SHAPED TERMINAL MEMBERS MAY BE MOUNTED ON THE BODY BY DISPOSING EACH TERMINAL MEMBER BETWEEN A PAIR OF JAWS OF A DIFFERENT CONTACT MEMBER AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MAY BE ACHIEVED BETWEEN THE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF SAID ELECTRICAL COMPONENT AND OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BY DISPOSING THE PIN-SHAPED TERMINAL MEMBERS OF THE OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE SAME CONTACT MEMBER ENGAGING THE TERMINAL MEMBER OF SAID ELECTRICAL COMPONENT.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR INTERCONNECTING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS COMPRISING A BODY OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A FACE SURFACE AND A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED CAVITIES WITHIN THE BODY ADJACENT TO THE FACE SURFACE, THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID CAVITIES BEING DISPOSED PARALLEL TO THE FACE SURFACE OF THE BODY IN A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL ROWS, A PLURALITY OF CAVITIES BEING DISPOSED IN EACH ROW, AN ELONGATED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING CONTACT MEMBER DISPOSED IN EACH CAVITY WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CAVITY, SAID CONTACT MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF CONFRONTING JAWS DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE FACE SURFACE, THE JAWS OF SAID PAIR BEING DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF AND PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CONTACT MEMBER, AND SPRING BIAS MEANS FOR FORCING THE PAIR OF JAWS INTO ABUTMENT, SAID BODY HAVING AN OPENING EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH CAVITY AND THE FACE SURFACE OF THE BODY CONFRONTING EACH OF THE JAWS, WHEREBY AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF PIN-SHAPED TERMINAL MEMBERS MAY BE MOUNTED ON THE BODY BY DISPOSING EACH TERMINAL MEMBER BETWEEN A PAIR OF JAWS OF A DIFFERENT CONTACT MEMBER AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MAY BE ACHIEVED BETWEEN THE TERMINAL MEMBERS OF SAID ELECTRICAL COMPONENT AND OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS BY DISPOSING THE PIN-SHAPED TERMINAL MEMBERS OF THE OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE SAME CONTACT MEMBER ENGAGING THE TERMINAL MEMBER OF SAID ELECTRICAL COMPONENT.