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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1992
Ronald L Campbell, Tustin, CA (US);
Douglas E Riddle, Corona, CA (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector device (10) is provided in which a first member (15) of dielectric material defines a four-sided recess having a bottom wall (20) and side walls (16), and a second member (24) of dielectric material which can fit inside the recess with its edges (25) spaced a predetermined distance from the side walls (16) of the first member (15). Tab portions (31, 32, 44, 45) of one or more flexible circuits (11, 12) are bent around the side walls (16) of the first member (15) and frictionally held between the wall (16) of the first member (15) and the edge (25) of the second member (24). Exposed conductors (29, 49) of the flexible circuit (11, 12) on the outside of the wall (16) can mate with conductors (75) in a socket connector (13). Alignment means (19, 26, 73) are provided to align the flexible circuits (11, 12) with the members ( 15, 24) of dielectric material and to align the latter two members and frictionally hold them together.