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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1986

Filed:

Sep. 20, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:

Joseph L Lockard, Harrisburg, PA (US);

Assignee:

AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; H01R / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 3391 / ; 3391 / ; 3392 / ; 3392 / ; 3392 / ;
Abstract

A card edge connector is provided having two rows of paired contact members having spring arm contact sections extending from a forward end therof, the contact members being secured on side surfaces of a dielectric contact-carrying member and each having a conductor-connecting section to which is terminated either a signal conductor or a pair of ground conductors of a single trilead cable respectively forming a signal contact member or a ground contact member. This terminated contact subassembly is preferably overmolded with a dielectric material forming a housing sealingly securing the insulated end portions of the cables as a strain relief, the terminations and most of the body sections of the contacts, with the spring arm contact sections extending forwardly to receive a card edge. The housing may have latching features molded therein.


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