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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:
May. 02, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
William Jeffrey Hudson, Jr, Hershey, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 3391 / ;
Abstract
A connector assembly is disclosed for effecting electrical connection between a flat flexible cable and a flat surface, such as provided by the pads of a printed circuit board. The subject assembly includes a housing block which receives the cable along one side surface thereof and has the contacts engaged with the cable bent normal to the cable to lie adjacent a second continuous side of the housing. The housing also includes means to secure the cable in position and means to secure the assembly against a surface such as the above-mentioned printed circuit board.