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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Thomas Eigenbrode, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Robert Franklin Evans, New Cumberland, PA (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ;
Abstract
A zero force edge connector block includes a plurality of terminals for engaging pads on a circuit board, an elongate cam bar extending along the terminals, and a drive for shifting the cam bar along the terminals so that the cam bar engages ramp surfaces in the block and is raised diagonally to engage the terminals and move the terminals to a retracted position. After the board has been positioned in the block, the cam bar is moved back to its initial position, thereby freeing the terminals to engage contact pads on the board.