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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1977
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1976
George Allen Patton, Pfafftown, NC (US);
John James Tucci, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A simple, compact multi-conductor tap-connector device incorporates at least three standard multi-contact individual connectors with the corresponding terminals in all of the connectors attached only by short wires running directly between the terminals. Various configurations of mating connectors can be fabricated by the same operations. The interconnecting wires form a unique latticework pattern which permits assembly of the device without the need for excess wire and gives the tap-connector device a degree of structural rigidity. Two forms of specialized apparatus suitable for inserting wires into terminal slots to establish electrical contact are used in assembly of the device.