Molex Corporation

Winchester Electronics Corporation

Wolfgang Kniese

Otto Schempp

A right-angle printed circuit board connector includes a plurality of contacts arranged in a matrix having portions of the contacts extending from the connector terminating in a corresponding plurality of conductive areas laid out in a matrix on the printed circuit board. The extending contact portions are arranged such that the uppermost row is terminated in apertures located closest to the connector and the lowermost row is connected to apertures located the farthest from the connector - the length of all the individual being substantially equal.

Multipole plug-in connector

A high density edgecard connector system includes a first row of cantilever contacts and a second row of cantilever contacts which are longer than those of the first row. The edgecard includes first and second rows of contact pads which are located differing distances from the bottom of the edgecard. Ribs are mounted on the edgecard between each of the contact pads in the first row and lift the cantilever contacts of the second row away from the surface of the edgecard in order to prevent cross connections between the cantilever contacts of the second row and the contact pads of the first row during insertion or withdrawal of the edgecard into or out of the connector. The ribs include ramps on either end and may be integrally molded with a spine which attaches to the bottom edge of the edgecard.

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Bad Rappenau, Germany

Wolfgang Kniese