Printed circuit connection system
US4740867A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 1987 |
| Grant date | Apr 26, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R12/79
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connection system for connecting a flexible circuit having a row of printed contact areas to a PC board having a corresponding row of terminal posts employs a connector having a housing with a bottm wall and a pair of side walls at least one of which is movable with respect to the other. A row of post-receiving passages are present in the bottom wall which passages are arranged to receive the posts of the PC board. An edge margin of the flexible circuit is clamped between the housing side walls so that the contact areas thereon are aligned with the passages in the housing bottom wall and a set of springs positioned inside the housing flexes the circuit edge margin so that when the movable housing side wall is in its closed position, the row of contact areas overhang the passages in the housing bottom wall. Consequently when the connector housing is impaled on the printed PC board posts, the posts project into the housing and are resiliently engaged by corresponding ones of the flexible circuit conductive areas.
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