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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. 01, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shoji Kikuchi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439417 ; 439266 ; 439499 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector (10) for receiving a ribbon cable (20) has been disclosed. The connector (10) includes a plurality of contacts (14) in a housing (11) and a cover (12) which is movable towards the contacts (14) to cam open wire retaining sections (15) thereon. The housing further includes projections (11a) which prevent the ribbon cable (20) from being bent over and pushing the cover (12) down to inadvertently release the wires (21) of the cable from the wire retaining sections (15).