Molex Corporation

Weldon L Brubaker

James E Finney

Frederick J Gierut

Arnold A Case

Francesco Liburdi

James T Kowalkowski

A carrier assembly including a carrier strip with a plurality of modular telephone plug connectors secured thereto. Each connector has a housing with a tag integrally molded therewith and secured to the strip. The strip has a plurality of holes which receive projections extending from the tags. The projections interengage with the strip to secure the housings thereto.

Carrier assembly and method of manufacturing same

An electrical terminal pin with a compliant portion adapted to be inserted into a plated-through hole of a circuit board. The compliant portion has a generally S-shaped cross-section with a width which gradually increases from a first axial end toward at least the middle of the axial length of the contact section. The pin has a mating portion joining the compliant portion for connection to another circuit element. Stiffening means are formed on one side of the compliant portion extending from the juncture with the mating portion to prevent breaking of the mating portion from the compliant portion when a transverse force is applied to the mating portion. The compliant pin is mass produced by using a strip of material having a generally uniform thickness throughout. The material is stamped in a given configuration and formed at successive stations to produce the S-shaped cross sectional compliant portion.

Terminal pin with s-shaped complaint portion

An insulation displacement terminal is provided to achieved high pressure against the conductors of a multi-strand wire and to minimize the amount of strand rearrangement likely to occur with fine strand wires. The terminal comprises at least one insulation displacement contact comprising a pair of spaced apart generally parallel cantilevered contact arms defining a slot therebetween. The slot includes a conductor engaging portion having a length and width sufficient to receive the bundle of conductor strands in the wire. The conductor engaging portion terminates at a pair of inwardly directed convex non-cutting bulges which in the unstressed condition of the terminal are in very close proximity to one another. The bulges define a lower limit of movement of the conductive strands into the slot allowing the insertion force to increase. The camming surfaces defined by the bulges act as ramps to convert the increased insertion forces of the wire into lateral forces on the cantilevered contact arms. These outward forces provide the deflection needed to develop and maintain reliable resilient contact forces in the terminal arms which will be urged laterally into the wire strands and substantially reduce strand rearrangement. The insulation piercing barbs may further be bent over the conductive strands to more positively retain the wire in the terminal.

High contact pressure insulation displacement terminal for multi-strand

A method of manufacturing a carrier assembly including a carrier strip with a plurality of modular telephone plug connectors secured thereto. Each connector has a housing with a tag integrally molded therewith and secured to the strip. The strip has a plurality of holes which receive projections extending from the tags. The projections interengage with the strip to secure the housings thereto. The method of manufacturing the carrier assembly described above which includes the steps of integrally molding a tag with a projection onto each of the housings; punching holes in the strip; locating a projection through a corresponding hole; and securing the projection to its corresponding hole.

Method of manufacturing a carrier assembly

A contact member for forming an electrical connection with insulated conductors of either a solid core, stranded or tinsel ribbon type is formed from a unitary piece of stamped sheet metal and includes both an insulation displacement portion and an insulation piercing portion. The insulation displacement portion comprises a slotted plate for establishing contact with the conductor by severing and displacing its insulation. The insulation piercing portion includes an arm spaced laterally from the plate and adapted with a barb for piercing through the conductor insulation. The insulation displacement and insulation piercing portion of the contact member cooperate or function alternatively to provide an effective electrical connection with the conductor, regardless of its particular type.

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Lisle, IL, United States of America

Weldon L Brubaker