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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1985
Martin C Ignasiak, Painesville, OH (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An electrical clip connector for a PLCC or the like comprises a plurality of electrical contacts for electrically connecting with respective leads of the PLCC, a main support body, and two pairs of oppositely disposed latching elements supported by the body for inward and outward movement. The latching elements are inwardly urged for engaging respective different sides of the PLCC thereby to hold the clip connector in operative position. The latching elements of one pair include lower end portions of respective levers pivotally secured to the main support body at respective opposite sides thereof, and the latching elements of the other pair include respective legs depending from the main body portion in cantilever-like fashion. Cam surfaces on the legs are engageable by a wedge-like portion of the lever arms when pivoted to force the legs outwardly in a direction generally parallel to the pivot axes of the lever arms.