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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Noriaki Sai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439422 ; 439877 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an electrical contact for a flexible flat electrical cable which allows connection with a high contact pressure and holding force, but which does not damage the conductor. The contact section (10) of the electrical contact (1) has two plates (2, 4), which have protruding ribs (14a, 14b; 16a, 16b). The plates (2, 4) are connected by a connecting member (6); a flat cable (50) is accommodated between the plates (2, 4), and the cable is held between plates (2, 4) by securing members (18, 20), which are disposed in the vicinity of the protruding ribs (14a, 14b; 16a, 16b) on the side edges of the plate (4).