Patent · US Expired

Modular connector frame

US5184961A · kind A · utility

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11References
14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 20, 1991
Grant dateFeb 9, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 20, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/73
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A combined electrical connector and connector nesting assembly has a frame with a first section adapted to receive an edge of a printed circuit board and a second section adapted to receive a connector of a cable assembly. The first section has a card edge receiving slot and spring contacts can be inserted thereinto. The second section is located parallel to, but offset from the first section such that when a printed circuit board is inserted into the assembly, a connector located in the second section can receive contact pins projecting from the printed circuit board. The assembly frame can be snap-locked into an electronic component chassis and the connector can be snap-locked into the second section of the frame.

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