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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1976
Louis H Faure, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A connector for forming a plurality of electrical wiring connections having a first mateable coupling member with a flat surface and a plurality of openings arranged in a predetermined configuration, a plurality of headed elements disposed in the openings, a second mateable coupling member provided with a flat surface, a set of elongated axially flexible metal buckling beam elements supported on the mateable coupling member and arranged in a predetermined configuration, corresponding to the headed elements on the first member, a means for supporting the buckling beam elements in a position generally perpendicular to the flat surface on the second member, with the ends of the buckling beam elements protruding slightly beyond the flat surface, a means for aligning the first and second members in mateable relation with the respective flat surfaces in opposed relation, and means for securing and maintaining the first and second members in mateable relation with the ends of the beam elements in a flexed position and in contact with the headed elements.