Aries Electronics, Inc.

Joseph Argila

William Y Sinclair

An electrical connector for terminating a flat conductor cable includes inherent strain relief means, and is constructed to facilitate interconnection of the conductors of the flat conductor cable to the terminal pins of the connector. The latter includes a plastic carrier having a central bar member which receives a parallel array of terminal pins, and formed unitary with the bar member are two planar cable support members. The latter are hingedly connected to the bar member such that they may be initially pivoted to a folded position to facilitate soldering of the terminal pins to the conductors of the flat conductor cable. Next, the planar support members may be pivoted about their hinge connections so as to engage the opposite surfaces of the flat conductor cable, where the planar support members are secured together. Strain relief is provided by projections extending from one planar support member and passing through the plastic carrier intermediate the conductors of the flat conductor cable, and secured to the opposite planar support member. In addition, the inside surfaces of the planar support members include staggered ribs which engage the insulated conductors of the flat conductor cable for additional strain relief. Each planar support member also includes longitudinal grooves of a size to cause an interference fit between the planar cable support members and the flat conductor cable to provide further strain relief for the interconnections between the conductors of the flat conductor cable and the terminal pins.

Electrical connector for terminating a flat conductor cable

A socket for vertically mounting a light emitting diode relative to a generally horizontal printed circuit board includes an elongated housing for receiving the LED, and a triangular housing connected to the elongated housing. Aligned apertures extend through the elongated housing and the triangular housing, and a corresponding plurality of terminals are disposed in the aligned channels. The receptacle portion of each terminal is disposed in the elongated housing for engaging a pin of the LED, while the post portion extends through the channel and out of a side edge of the triangular housing, whereby the axes of the terminal post portions of the terminals are at an angle to the axes of the terminal receptacle portions. Since the terminals are wholly disposed within the socket, except for the terminal post portions, the terminals may be formed of a thin, stamped electrically conductive material.

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Joseph Argila