Electrical connector

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A CABLE IN THE FORM OF A LATERALLY EXTENDED FLEXIBLE INSULATING TAPE HAVING A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY PARALLEL SPACED FLAT RIBBON-LIKE CONDUCTORS MOUNTED THEREIN, AND AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CONNECTED TO SAID CABLE, THE CONDUCTORS OF THE CABLE HAVING PORTIONS POSITIONED AT THE CABLE-CONNECTING ZONE OF THE CONNECTOR BARED TO MAKE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH THE CONNECTOR, THE CABLE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SLOTS THROUGH THE INSULATING MATERIAL THEREOF BETWEEN THE CONDUCTORS AT THE CONNECTING ZONE, THE PORTIONS OF THE CABLE ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID CONNECTING ZONE BEING UNSLOTTED, THE CONNECTOR HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT CONNECTOR BODY SPANNING THE WIDTH OF AND LYING ACROSS THE CABLE AT SAID CONNECTING THE WIDTH SAID BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED UPSTANDING PARALLEL ELECTRICALLY INSULATING PARTITIONS PROJECTING FROM ONE SIDE THEREOF, THE PARTITIONS HAVING ROOTS SECURED TO THE BODY, A PLURALITY OF SPACED PARALLEL RESILIENT CONTACT MEMBERS MOUNTED ON THE BODY IN GENERAL ALIGNMENT, THERE BEING A CONTACT MEMBER POSITIONED IN EACH SPACE BETWEEN THE SUCCESSIVE PARTITIONS, THE PARTITIONS HAVING UPPER FREE EDGE PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH THE SLOTS IN THE CABLE AT ITS CONNECTING ZONE, AND MEANS TO PRESS THE BARED PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE CONDUCTORS DOWNWARDLY INTO CONTACT WITH THE CONTACT MEMBERS, AND TO RETAIN THE UPPER FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE PARTITIONS FROM ESCAPE FROM THE SLOTS IN THE CABLE.