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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin P Phillips, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
William R Stein, Sr, Warren, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 81 ; 439 78 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector comprises a relatively rigid circuit board of thermoplastic material, a support plate of the same material and a plurality of metallic bus strips disposed in channels of the circuit board. Each of the bus strips has a flanged female terminal portion comprising a pair of cantilevered contact fingers which engage pin terminals inserted in pin holes of the support plate. Each bus strip has a perpendicular male terminal portion at the opposite end which is disposed in an integral connector body of the circuit board.