Electrical connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTED TO CONNECT A PLURALITY OF CABLES IN THE FORM OF LATERALLY EXTENDED FLEXIBLE INSULATING TAPES HAVING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED FLAT RIBBON-LIKE CONDUCTORS MOUNTED THEREIN, THE RESPECTIVE CONDUCTORS OF EACH OF THE CABLES BEING BARED AT A CONNECTING ZONE AND SUPERIMPOSED AT THE CONNECTOR TO MAKE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER, COMPRISING A GENERALLY FLAT CONNECTOR BODY ADAPTED TO LIE ACROSS THE CABLES TO BE CONNECTED, THE BODY HAVING A BROAD RECESS THEREIN AT A CABLE-CONNECTING ZONE OF THE BODY, A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE RESILIENT FIRST PRESSER MEMBERS MOUNTED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP IN SAID RECESS AND SECURED TO THE BODY, MEANS TO INSULATE AND ISOLATE AT LEAST SOME OF THE FIRST PRESSER MEMBERS FROM THE OTHERS COMPRISING SPACED PARALLEL ELECTRICALLY INSULATING PARTITIONS HAVING ROOT PORTIONS IN THE RECESS AND SECURED TO THE BODY, SAID PARTITIONS DEFINING SPACES RECEIVING THE FIRST PRESSER MEMBERS AND THE BARED PORTIONS OF THE SUPERIMPOSED CONDUCTORS OF THE CABLES TO BE JOINED WHICH OVERLIE THE PRESSER MEMBERS, AND MEANS TO PRESS THE BARED PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE CONDUCTORS OF THE CABLES DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID SPACES SO THAT THE BARED PORTIONS OF THE CONDUCTORS OF THE LOWE CABLE ENGAGE THE PRESSER MEMBERS AND THE CONFRONTING BARED PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE CONDUCTORS MAKE SECURE ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS COMPRISING A COVER POSITIONED ON THE BODY SO AS TO SPAN THE RECESS IN THE LATTER, SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID SECOND CONDUCTOR-PRESSING MEMBERS MOUNTED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE COVER AND SPACED TO LIE BETWEEN THE PARTITIONS WHEN THE COVER LIES IN CLOSED OPERATIVE POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY, AND MEANS TO RETAIN THE COVER ON THE BODY IN SAID CLOSED POSITION.