Connector for interconnecting cable to a printed circuit board

Claim 1

A connector for interconnecting a multiconductor cable having a plurality of conductors, each surrounded by insulation material, with a printed circuit board comprising: a block-shaped insulation housing having a first section for receiving the conductors of the cable at one end, and a second section terminating in the form of a U-shape at the other end of the housing capable of being connected to the printed circuit board, a plurality of partitions aligned longitudinally along said connector housing, said partitions defining in said one section a plurality of conductor receiving channels and in said second section a plurality of parallel grooves, a plurality of openings at said one end of the housing and aligned with said channels so that the conductors are individually inserted and received within the channels of said first housing section, a plurality of long, flat contact springs adapted for insertion in each of the parallel grooves, each said contact psring having at the end to be inserted in the first housing section at least one tooth capable of piercing through the insulation material of and making electrical contact with the conductor received in the channel which is aligned with the groove in which said contact spring is inserted, the other end of each said contact spring being adjacent said other end of the housing and terminating in a U-shaped spring part with a first and second leg, said first leg designed for electrically contacting a corresponding contact strip on the printed circuit board, said first and second legs and said one tooth being disposed in approximately the same plane as the rest of the contact spring.