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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1980
Edgar Burns, Los Angeles, CA (US);
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A zero insertion force electrical connector in which, when the plug and receptacle connector members are initially mated, the contacts therein are spaced from each other. An actuating plate is shifted to move the movable contacts in the plug connector member in tandem in a direction to engage the fixed contacts in the receptacle connector member. A program plate is mounted on the plug connector member having apertures therein through which the movable contacts extend. The apertures in the program plate are dimensioned to allow some of the contact pairs to engage when the actuating plate is shifted, but prevent engagement between other contact pairs. Conductive traces may be provided on the program plate to provide electrical connection between two movable contacts, or between a movable contact of one pair of contacts and a fixed contact of another pair. Other program plates are disclosed allowing different electricl paths through the connector.