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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1989
Robert H Frantz, Newville, PA (US);
Benjamin H Mosser, III, Middletown, PA (US);
Earl C Myers, Jr, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Charles E Reynolds, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A tubular wire housing (10) has at one end, a ring of notches (32), each communicating with a slot (36) for receiving a slotted plate wire connecting portion (64) of a respective contact element (42) of a mating contact housing (12). The wire housing (10) is formed with external half-channels (28). The contact housing (12) has a hood (48) formed with internal half-channels (58). End portions of wires (W) of a shielded cable (C) are inserted through the wire housing (10) and are dressed into the notches (32). The housings (10 and 12) are then mated by capturing the wire housing (10) in the mouth of the hood (48), trimming the radially projecting parts of the wire end portions and then pressing the housings (10 and 12) into full mating relationship. During this operation, the trimmed ends (SP) of the wire end portions become fully enclosed in the half-channels (28 and 58). High contact density is achieved by offsetting the wire connecting portions (64) for reception in corresponding ones of the slots (36) so that some of the contact elements (42) can be positioned radially inwardly of others.