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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2004
Robert M. Fuerst, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yves Lepottier, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Robert M. Fuerst, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yves LePottier, Grosse Pointe, MI (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly is provided for removably interconnecting first conductors of a flat flexible circuit to a plurality of second conductors without the use of conductive terminals. The assembly includes a male connector having a relatively rigid male body member with an edge about which the flexible circuit is wrapped, and with the first conductors of the circuit facing away from the body member at the edge thereof. An adapter or other female connecting device includes a first receptacle for receiving the male connector inserted edge-first into the first receptacle. A second receptacle receives the second conductors in position for engaging the first conductors of the flexible circuit at the edge of the male body member.