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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:
Feb. 13, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas M Lynch, Williamsport, PA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439499 ;
Abstract
A connector housing for use with a flex board having openings therethrough completely surrounded by the flex board surface. The housing includes a top portion which pivots to open and closed positions relative to a bottom portion. Ribs extend from the bottom portion for flex board alignment and ribs extend from the top portion which interdigitate with the bottom ribs and cause the conductors on the flex board to be electrically coupled to respective contacts of the connector housing.