Pin contact and connector block therefor

Abstract

Abstract THE DISCLOSURE RELATES TO A CONNECTOR BLOCK AND A PIN CONTACT THEREFORE, THE CONNECTOR BLOCK INCLUDING TOP AND BODY PORTIONS, THE BODY PORTIONS HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THER-THROUGH WITH SPRING CONTACTS BRIDGING PREDETERMINED ADJACENT PAIRS OF THE APERTURES. THE BODY PORTION OF THE CONNECTOR BLOCK INCLUDES A GROOVE THEREIN RUNNING ADJACENT ALL OF THE APERTURES CONDUCTIVE MEMBERS SUCH AS A COPPER STRIP WITH FINGERS BEING POSITIONED IN THE GROOVE, THE COPPER STRIP INTERCONNECTING PREDETERMINED ONES OF THE SPRING CONTACTS TO PROVIDE A CONNECTING PATTERN. AN EXTERNAL CONNECTOR MEMBER CAN ALSO BE PROVIDED WHICH CONNECTS TO THE CONDUCTIVE MEMBERS IN THE GROOVE AND EXTENDS OUTWARDLY OR EXTERNALLY OF THE CONNECTOR BLOCK. THE TOP PORTION OF THE CONNECTOR BLOCK INCLUDES APERTURES ALIGNED WITH THE APERTURES OF THE BODY PORTION AND OF THE SAME DIAMETER AS THE APERTURES THEREOF EXCEPT THAT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE WALLS THEREOF INCLUDE A STOPPING MEMBER IN THE FORM OF STEPS AND THE TOP PORTION INCLUDES A PAIR OF INWARDLY EXTENDING SHOULDERS WITH SUFFICIENT ROOM BETWEEN SHOULDERS TO RECEIVE PIN CONTACT TYNES. ALSO INCLUDED IS A PIN CONTACT FOR MATING WITH THE CONNECTOR BLOCK HAVING A PAIR OF TYNES WHEREBY THE PIN CONTACT CAN BE INSERTED INTO THE CONNECTOR BLOCK APERTURES BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS AND ROTATED BY NINETY DEGREES TO PROVIDE A LOCKING ACTION THEREIN WITH THE SHOULDERS. ROTATION OF THE PIN CONTACT IS POSSIBLE IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION DUE TO THE STOPPING MEMBER THEREIN.

Inventors

• 👤 James Francis Gillespie

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