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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Melvin C August, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Stephen A Bowen, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
John T Williams, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
Cray Research, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439268 ; 439265 ; 439359 ;
Abstract
An electrical edge connector (14) of the zero insertion force type includes a pair of opposing blocks (30, 32) defining a longitudinal guideway (34) therebetween. Opposite corresonding pairs of female contacts (52, 54) are disposed in transverse holes in the blocks (30, 32), and male contacts (60) are slidably supported in the female contacts in one block for selective actuation into or out of sliding engagement with the female contacts in the other block responsive to insertion of a slider (36).