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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1987
Joseph L Lockard, Harrisburg, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector comprises a forward housing member, signal and ground terminals and dielectric cover means over the terminations of signal and ground conductors to the terminals, for two-lead or three-lead individual cables or ribbon cable. Contact sections of the terminals are secured in passageways of a contact-receiving portion of the forward housing member, and rearward sections of the terminals have respective signal and ground conductors of electrical cable or cables laser welded thereto. The rearward terminal sections are disposed along a contact-carrying portion of the forward housing member extending rearwardly from the contact-receiving portion. A dielectric cover means is molded over the contact-carrying portion, the rearward terminal sections, the terminations, the signal and ground conductors and end portions of the electrical cable or cables thus sealing the terminations, holding the terminals immobile and providing support and non-deforming strain relief for the cable or cables. An integral transverse bar spaced rearwardly from the cover means provides second strain relief for the cables when a plurality of cables are used, and spaces and supports them. A method for the overmoulding is disclosed where core pins hold the terminals to the contact-carrying portion and in place therealong, just rearwardly of the passageways, and simultaneously close up the rearward end of the passageways.