Connector arrangement
USRE34190E · kind E · reissue
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A connector system for electrically connecting contacts of a flexible printed circuit carried by a daughter board with fixed contacts carried by a mother board, the flexible circuit serving as a connector to circuits on the daughter board, and the contacts of the flexible printed circuit arranged on an edge of the daughter board. Guides on the mother board enable the daughter board to slide in guided, edge-wise direction toward the face of the mother board, with the contacts on the flexible circuit in registry with contacts on the mother board. Driven cam/locking means carried by the mother board engages mating structure on the daughter board to press the edge of the daughter board tightly toward the face of the mother board in locking motion while camming the daughter board bodily laterally over the surface of the mother board whereby the contacts wipe upon one another as they move into locked position.
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