Abstract: A surface mount connector whose male or female part is to be mounted onto a printed circuit board having conductor pads on its surface so arranged in two lines on either side of a given midline that the first line of conductor pads is closer to the midline than the second line of conductor pads, and that the conductor pads of the first line are staggered with those of the second line on each side. The male or female part comprises an insulating housing and male or female contact pieces mounted to the insulating housing in two lines, symmetrically relative to the midline of the housing. Each male or female contact piece has two lead projections so placed apart from each other that the lead projections may be put in contact with the conductor pads of the first and second lines when the male or female part is mounted onto the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A surface mount connector whose male or female part is to be mounted onto a printed circuit board having conductor pads on its surface so arranged in two lines on either side of a given midline that the first line of conductor pads is closer to the midline than the second line of conductor pads, and that the conductor pads of the first line are staggered with those of the second line on each side. The male or female part comprises an insulating housing and male or female contact pieces mounted to the insulating housing in two lines, symmetrically relative to the midline of the housing. Each male or female contact piece has two lead projections so placed apart from each other that the lead projections may be put in contact with the conductor pads of the first and second lines when the male or female part is mounted onto the printed circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flat cable having a plurality of parallel-arranged flexible conductor wires and two pieces of insulating tape applied to the opposite center areas of the parallel arrangement of conductor wires leaving their opposite ends exposed, thereby permitting the exposed ends to be used as terminal contacts, each of said conductor wires having an intermediate length of reduced width for increasing the flexibility of the conductor wire. An elongated strip of electrically conductive, flexible metal foil is unrolled and fed to be punched to provide at one time, conductor wires of the same number and parallel arrangement as a flat cable to be made; two pieces of adhesive, insulating tape are applied to the center areas of the parallel conductor wire arrangement; and finally the opposite perforation edges are cut and removed.