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US5310362A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Pin-and-socket connector

Assignee: Amphenol Tuchel Electronics GmbH
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Filing: 1993-05-21
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Granted: 1994-05-10
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Expires: 2013-05-21
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention pertains to a pin-and-socket connector for accommodating and electrically contacting the strip conductors of a flat conductor flat cable with corresponding plug contacts via the intermediary of an electrical component. The component is connected directly to one of the strip conductors of the flat conductor flat cable.

Inventors

  • 👤 Gerhard Bauerle
  • 👤 Claus Dullin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 15:24
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/59; H01R12/65; H01R12/67; H01R12/70; H01R12/77; H01R12/778; H01R13/00; H01R13/646; H01R13/6461; H01R13/66; H01R13/6608; H01R13/6633; H01R13/719; H01R2201/00; H01R2201/26

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim 151 words
Pin-and-socket connector for accommodating and electrically contacting the strip conductors (16b, c) of a flat conductor flat cable (16), wherein an electrical component (28) is connected to at least one strip conductor (16b), with a number of plug contacts (34) corresponding to the number of strip conductors (16b, c), which are positioned in the pin-and-socket connector, possessing the following characteristics: 1.1. a slot-like opening (14) for accommodating and fixing the flat conductor flat cable (16), wherein 1.2. at least one strip conductor (16b) is interrupted along its path in the pin-and-socket connector, 1.3.1. the strip conductor has a contact point (26), to which one arm (28a) of the component (28) is electrically connected, in front of the interruption (22), viewed in the plugging-in direction (E), 1.3.2. the other arm (28b) of the component (28) is in contact with another contact point (30) of the strip conductor (16b) behind the interruption (22),
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 151 words
Pin-and-socket connector for accommodating and electrically contacting the strip conductors (16b, c) of a flat conductor flat cable (16), wherein an electrical component (28) is connected to at least one strip conductor (16b), with a number of plug contacts (34) corresponding to the number of strip conductors (16b, c), which are positioned in the pin-and-socket connector, possessing the following characteristics: 1.1. a slot-like opening (14) for accommodating and fixing the flat conductor flat cable (16), wherein 1.2. at least one strip conductor (16b) is interrupted along its path in the pin-and-socket connector, 1.3.1. the strip conductor has a contact point (26), to which one arm (28a) of the component (28) is electrically connected, in front of the interruption (22), viewed in the plugging-in direction (E), 1.3.2. the other arm (28b) of the component (28) is in contact with another contact point (30) of the strip conductor (16b) behind the interruption (22),
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 40 words
4. additional openings (32) for accommodating and fixing the plug contacts (34), which contact the corresponding strip conductors (16b, c) behind the interruption (22) with their end facing the flat conductor flat cable (16), are provided in the pin-and-socket connector.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 40 words
4. additional openings (32) for accommodating and fixing the plug contacts (34), which contact the corresponding strip conductors (16b, c) behind the interruption (22) with their end facing the flat conductor flat cable (16), are provided in the pin-and-socket connector.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 18 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, in which the interruption (22) is formed by a punched-out opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 34 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, in which the component (28) is located in the pin-and-socket connector outside the area of the flat conductor flat cable (16) and of the plug contacts (34).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 29 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, in which the plug contacts (34) are electrically connected to the corresponding strip conductors (16b, c) via separate contact points (38, 40).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 21 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, in which the contact points (26, 30, 38, 40) are formed by soldered joints.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 68 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, with a two-part insulator body (10, 12), in which one of the corresponding surfaces of the two insulator body halves (10, 12) has prongs (18) projecting in the direction of the adjacent surface, which pierce the flat conductor flat cable (16) in the insulating area (16a) between the strip conductors (16b, c) and enter corresponding openings (20) of the adjacent surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 22 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 6, in which the prongs (18) have undercuts for locking in the correspondingly designed openings (20).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 23 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 6, in which the insulator body halves (10, 12) are connected to one another via pin-and-slot connections.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 31 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, in which the plug contacts (34) are arranged at an angle of about 90° to the longitudinal extension of the strip conductors (16b, c).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 57 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, in which the plug contacts (34) have, at their end contacting the strip conductors (16b, c), a laterally soldering pin each, which equalizes the grid difference of the strip conductors (16b, c) and the plug contacts (34) due to these being inserted offset by 180° in relation to one another.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 17 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, in which the plug contacts (34) consist of contact springs.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 19 words
Pin-and-socket connector in accordance with claim 1, in which the electrical component (28) consists of an HF shielding choke.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 451 words
Pin-and-socket connector for accommodating and electrically contacting the strip conductors (16b, c) of a flat conductor flat cable (16), wherein an electrical component (28) is connected to at least one strip conductor (16b), with a number of plug contacts (34) corresponding to the number of strip conductors (16b, c), which are positioned in the pin-and-socket connector, possessing the following characteristics: a slot-like opening (14) for accommodating and fixing the flat conductor flat cable (16), wherein at least one strip conductor (16b) is interrupted along its path in the pin-and-socket connector, the strip conductor has a contact point (26), to which one arm (28a) of the component (28) is electrically connected, in front of the interruption (22), viewed in the plugging-in direction (E), the other arm (28b) of the component (28) is in contact with another contact point (30) of the strip conductor (16b) behind the interruption (22), and additional openings (32) for accommodating and fixing the plug contacts (34), which contact the corresponding strip conductors (16b, c) behind the interruption (22) with their end facing the flat conductor flat cable (16), are provided in the pin-and-socket connector, in which the interruption (22) is formed by a punched-out opening, in which the component (28) is located in the pin-and-socket connector outside the area of the flat conductor flat cable (16) and of the plug contacts (34), in which the plug contacts (34) are electrically connected to the corresponding strip conductors (16b, c) via separate contact points (38, 40), in which the contact points (26, 30, 38, 40) are formed by soldered joints, with a two-part insulator body (10, 12), in which one of the corresponding surfaces of the two insulator body halves (10, 12) has prongs (18) projecting in the direction of the adjacent surface, which pierce the flat conductor flat cable (16) in the insulating area (16a) between the strip conductors (16b, c) and enter corresponding openings (20) of the adjacent surface, in which the prongs (18) have undercuts for locking in the correspondingly designed openings (20), in which the insulator body halves (10, 12) are connected to one another via pin-and-slot connections, in which the plug contacts (34) are arranged at an angle of about 90° to the longitudinal extension of the strip conductors (16b, c), in which the plug contacts (34) have, at their end contacting the strip conductors (16b, c), a laterally offset soldering pin each, which equalizes the grid difference of the strip conductors (16b, c) and the plug contacts (34) due to these being inserted offset by 180° in relation to one another, in which the plug contacts (34) consist of contact springs, and in which the electrical component (28) consists of an HF shielding choke.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 451 words
Pin-and-socket connector for accommodating and electrically contacting the strip conductors (16b, c) of a flat conductor flat cable (16), wherein an electrical component (28) is connected to at least one strip conductor (16b), with a number of plug contacts (34) corresponding to the number of strip conductors (16b, c), which are positioned in the pin-and-socket connector, possessing the following characteristics: a slot-like opening (14) for accommodating and fixing the flat conductor flat cable (16), wherein at least one strip conductor (16b) is interrupted along its path in the pin-and-socket connector, the strip conductor has a contact point (26), to which one arm (28a) of the component (28) is electrically connected, in front of the interruption (22), viewed in the plugging-in direction (E), the other arm (28b) of the component (28) is in contact with another contact point (30) of the strip conductor (16b) behind the interruption (22), and additional openings (32) for accommodating and fixing the plug contacts (34), which contact the corresponding strip conductors (16b, c) behind the interruption (22) with their end facing the flat conductor flat cable (16), are provided in the pin-and-socket connector, in which the interruption (22) is formed by a punched-out opening, in which the component (28) is located in the pin-and-socket connector outside the area of the flat conductor flat cable (16) and of the plug contacts (34), in which the plug contacts (34) are electrically connected to the corresponding strip conductors (16b, c) via separate contact points (38, 40), in which the contact points (26, 30, 38, 40) are formed by soldered joints, with a two-part insulator body (10, 12), in which one of the corresponding surfaces of the two insulator body halves (10, 12) has prongs (18) projecting in the direction of the adjacent surface, which pierce the flat conductor flat cable (16) in the insulating area (16a) between the strip conductors (16b, c) and enter corresponding openings (20) of the adjacent surface, in which the prongs (18) have undercuts for locking in the correspondingly designed openings (20), in which the insulator body halves (10, 12) are connected to one another via pin-and-slot connections, in which the plug contacts (34) are arranged at an angle of about 90° to the longitudinal extension of the strip conductors (16b, c), in which the plug contacts (34) have, at their end contacting the strip conductors (16b, c), a laterally offset soldering pin each, which equalizes the grid difference of the strip conductors (16b, c) and the plug contacts (34) due to these being inserted offset by 180° in relation to one another, in which the plug contacts (34) consist of contact springs, and in which the electrical component (28) consists of an HF shielding choke.

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