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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1977
Alan H Kasper, Cicero, IL (US);
Istvan Mathe, Cicero, IL (US);
Allied Corporation, Morris Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector termination system includes a connector component having a plurality of ribbon contact members mounted within individual cavities, each ribbon contact member including a terminal socket element disposed proximate its mounting cavity's outer end. A termination component is provided having at least one pin contact member. Each pin contact member includes a terminal portion electrically engaged to at least one electrical conductor, and an active pin portion adapted for electrically and mechanically terminating with the socket element of one ribbon contact member. Keying and locking means are also provided for aligning and releasably maintaining the connector and termination components in a fully terminated condition and include a narrowed channel disposed adjacent each cavity's outer end which defines a restrictive guide orifice, at least one neck portion disposed about each pin contact member intermediate its terminal and active pin portions, and means lockingly engaging at least one neck portion of each pin contact member for retaining the pin contact members within the terminated connector.