Electrical connector for tape-like electrical cable

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR A FLAT, TAPE-LIKE CABLE OF THE TYPE IN WHICH A SHEATH OF INSULATING MATERIAL ENCLOSES A NUMBER OF SPACED PARALLEL CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS EXTENDING A LENGTHWISE DIRECTION, WHICH CMPRISES: (A) A PLUG COMPRISING A HOLLOW HOUSING HAVING A FRONT END WALL WITH AN ELONGATED SLOTTED OPENING THEREIN, (B) A CABLE-SUPPORTING ELEMENT FITTED WITHIN THE HOUSING AND HAVING A FORWARD END EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOTTED OPENING TO A POINT BEYOND THE FRONT END WALL OF THE HOUSING, (C) A FLAT TAPE-LIKE CABLE EXTENDING THROUGH THE HOUSING WITH AN END THEREOF RESTING DIRECTLY ON OPPOSITE FACES OF THE CABLE-SUPPORTING ELEMENT AND EXTENDING AROUND THE FORWARD END THEREOF. (D) THE CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS IN SAID END OF THE CABLE RESTING ON OPPOSITE FACES AND EXTENDING AROUND THE END OF THE SUPPORT ELEMENT HAVING EXPOSED SURFACES FACING OUTWARDLY, THE HOUSING OF SAID PLUG HAVING A RECESS SURROUNDING THE CABLE-SUPPORTING ELEMENT AND CABLE, AND SEALING MATERIAL IN SAID RECESS SERVING TO SEAL THE HOUSING AND ALSO HOLD THE CABLE AND CABLESUPPORTING ELEMENT IN SAID HOUSING, (E) A RECEPTACLE COMPRISING A HOLLOW BODY HAVING A SLOTTED OPENING IN AN END FACE THEREOF WHICH IS SHAPED TO RECEIVE THE FORWARD END OF THE CABLE-SUPPORTING ELEMENT, AND (F) A SERIES OF SPRING CONTACT ELEMENTS MOUNTED IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE BODY, (G) SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS BEING ALIGNED WITH THE CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS OF THE CABLE AND EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF OPPOSING SPRING FINGERS POSITIONED TO ENGAGE WITH THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF ONE OF THE CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS ON OPPOSITE FACES OF THE SUPPORT ELEMENT.