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US4564254A
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IDC Latching terminal
Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
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Filing: 1983-06-06
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Granted: 1986-01-14
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Expires: 2003-06-06
Abstract
Abstract A terminal having first and second contact ends, one being an IDC, with a body portion separating the two contacts ends and a pair of latches supported by an L-shaped member extending perpendicularly from the body portion. The terminal latches act to hold two halves of a connector assembly together.
Inventors
- 👤 Wilhelmus B. T. van Alst
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 12:05
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R4/00; H01R4/24; H01R4/2416; H01R4/242; H01R4/2425; H01R4/2429; H01R4/2433; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/59; H01R12/65; H01R12/67; H01R12/675
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
An electrical connector assembly for terminating a flat cable having multiple insulated conductors separated by a web, the assembly comprising a plastic block member and a plastic upper housing member, the block member having a multiplicity of channels each retaining an electrical terminal having an insulation displacement contact at a first end and another electrical contact at a second end with a body portion separating the first and second ends, a shoulder and support member together forming an L-shaped member extending perpendicularly from the body portion and supporting a pair of latches spaced apart from the first end, one latch engaging with a wall in the channel within the block member and the other with a wall in a recess in the upper housing member after piercing the web between a pair of the conductors of the flat cable.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
An electrical connector assembly for terminating a flat cable having multiple insulated conductors separated by a web, the assembly comprising a plastic block member and a plastic upper housing member, the block member having a multiplicity of channels each retaining an electrical terminal having an insulation displacement contact at a first end and another electrical contact at a second end with a body portion separating the first and second ends, a shoulder and support member together forming an L-shaped member extending perpendicularly from the body portion and supporting a pair of latches spaced apart from the first end, one latch engaging with a wall in the channel within the block member and the other with a wall in a recess in the upper housing member after piercing the web between a pair of the conductors of the flat cable.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
An electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein one latch is engaged with an inner wall surface of the block member channel and a like inner wall surface in a recess within the upper housing member is engaged by the other latch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
An electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein the latch engaged with the block member has a latch surface mating with a step in the channel and the latch engaged with the upper housing member has a latch surface mating with a step in the recess.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
An electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein cable clamping means external of the block and upper housing members clamps the cable to the connector assembly.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein the block member and upper housing member have mutually engageable holding means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
An electrical connector according to claim 5 wherein the holding means comprise snap engagement latches.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1989-01-13 | 1989-07-15 | 1990-01-14 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1993-01-13 | 1993-07-15 | 1994-01-14 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1997-01-13 | 1997-07-15 | 1998-01-14 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |