Method for making contact with a multiple-pole socket connector and improved multiple-pole socket connector
US5984733A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/5045
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for making contact between a multi-pole socket connector for plug-in connections and connecting wires. To simplify the method and economise on tools, a multi-row socket connector is split up into plastic plates, one side of the plate holding insulation piercing connecting devices and contact springs connected thereto, and the other side having correspondingly shaped integrally extruded pressure members. The plates are held at a spacing in a press tool by corresponding press-in pins having an interference fit. Connecting wires cut to length are inserted into these plates preassembled at a spacing. The connecting wires are pressed by the pressure members into the insulation piercing connecting device when the plates are pressed together.
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