Patent · US Expired

Connector mounted to display board

US7195496B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

14Claims

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Assignee

ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC · US

Inventors

Werner Biermann · Bad Sobernheim, DE
Yasar Semerci · Heilbronn, DE
Werner Deiss · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 9, 2005
Grant date	Mar 27, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 9, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R12/721
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A connector assembly (11) for providing electricity to an electroluminescent display (12) that is mounted on an outer face of a carrier plate (10), includes a first connector (13) that has an insulative body (21) with a rearwardly-opening slit (24) that receives an edge of the carrier plate, the body having inner and outer body arms (25, 26) on opposite sides of the slot. The first connector also has a plurality of U-shaped contact elements (28) with parallel inner and outer ends (32, 31) that lie in the different body arms. The outer end of each contact element engages a conductive pad (16) on the carrier plate but the rest of the outer end is surrounded by the outer body to safeguard against a person touching the contact element outer end. The inner end of each contact element is held spaced from the inner face of the carrier plate by the body inner arm that surrounds the inner end.

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