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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cecil W Deisch, Warrenville, IL (US);
Assignee:
American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Information Systems, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439405 ; 439493 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for terminating conductors on circuit boards. The apparatus comses an insulator member having electrical conducting contacts embedded therein each with a bifurcate portion extending from the insulator member. The bifurcate portion consists of a pair of prongs arranged for engaging a conductor and a complaint section having an end formed both for piercing insulation of the conductor and insertion into a circuit board plated-through hole to establish an electrical connection between the engaged conductor and circuit board.