Ribbon cable connector, connector assembly and use of a connector

US11545774B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Maximilian Veihl · Bensheim, DE
• Christoph Kosmalski · Bensheim, DE
• Michael Schall · Heppenheim, DE
• Robert Stab · Mannheim, DE
• Zoran Stjepanovic · Darmstadt, DE
• Marcel Baltes · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
• Willi Dietrich · Bad Hersfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R12/69
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A ribbon cable connector for attachment to an end of a ribbon cable comprises a plurality of contact element receptacles adapted to receive a plurality of contact elements. A pair of adjacent contact element receptacles is separated from one another.