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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1985
Robert M Renn, Pfafftown, NC (US);
John R Shoemaker, Reidsville, NC (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical interconnection assembly intended for interconnecting an array of conductors in a cable to conductors on a substrate is disclosed. The assembly is comprised of a spring metal member and a housing member, said spring member having means for being pivotally mounted to said housing. Said housing means has a plurality of conductor members therein, each engageable to corresponding circuitry on the substrate. Said spring member has a stamped and formed body with a first and second section joined by an intermediate bight. The first and second sections are mutually relatively deflectable about the bight to a second position. The assembly further has a locking means to retain said body in its second position in said housing. Energy is stored in the body in its second position whereby upon positioning the cable conductors between the second body section and the circuitry of the housing member and deflecting the first section to the second position and engaging said lock, the stored energy is transmitted through the second section to the conductor array to maintain a normal force electrical contact between the cable conductors and the circuitry on the substrate.