Connector for miniature multiple conductor tape or wires

Claim 1

IN A SEPARABLE CONNECTOR FOR MINIATURE MULTIPLE CONDUCTOR TAPE, IN COMBINATION: A PAIR OF CONNECTOR SECTIONS COMPRISING RESPECTIVE MOUNTING CLEVISES OF INSULATING MATERIAL, EACH HAVING A TRANSVERSE HEAD PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF CLOSELY SPACED, NARROW SLOTS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL PLANES EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF SAID HEADS; A PLURALITY OF CONNECTORS BARS MOUNTED IN SAID SLOTS, SAID BARS BEING OF LAMINATED STRUCTURE, EACH COMPRISING A BACKING OF INSULATING MATERIAL AND A THIN METAL FACING SUPPORTED AGAINST SAID BACKING, SAID BARS HAVING END PORTIONS PROJECTING FROM THE FORWARD SIDE OF SAID HEAD IN LATERALLY-SPACED ARRAY TO CONSTITUTE A PLURALITY OF CONNECTOR PRONGS SEPARATED BY INTERVENING SOCKETS IN WHICH THE PRONGS OF A MATING CONNECTOR ARE RECEIVABLE WITH SAID FACES ARRANGED IN OVERLAPPING, CONTACTING PAIRS OF FACINGS SEPARATED BY INTERVENING BACKINGS; AND RESPECTIVE MULTIPLE-CONDUCTOR TAPES EACH EMBODYING A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED CONDUCTORS TERMINATING IN BARED ENDS ATTACHED TO RESPECTIVE FACINGS AT THE REAR ENDS OF SAID BARS.