Abstract: A Z-axis electrical interconnect includes a flexible printed circuit folded into a U-shape. The Z-axis electrical interconnect also includes a plurality of raised interconnection members arranged on the flexible printed circuit in a predetermined pattern and a circuit trace interconnecting the pair of raised interconnection members. The Z-axis electrical interconnect further includes a spring fixedly positioned on the flexible printed circuit to maintain the U-shape.

Abstract: A connector for a printed-wiring board comprising a housing including an accommodating cavity for accommodating an edge portion of said printed-wiring board having a circuit pattern formed thereon; a plurality of contacts which are supported in a plurality of grooves provided in said cavity, respectively, and comes into contact with said circuit pattern of said printed-wiring board while said edge portion of said printed-wiring board is in said cavity; and at least one window formed in said housing that permits at least a part of said printed-wiring board to be visually checked from outside of said housing while said edge portion of said printed-wiring board is in said cavity.

Abstract: A plurality of terminals 22 are fixedly press-connected to an end portion of the flat circuitry 21 in electrically connected relation respectively to conductors 21a, and the terminals 22 are inserted respectively into terminal receiving chambers 24 in a connector housing 23. Slits 26 are formed through the end portion of the flat circuitry 21 in such a manner that the slit is arranged between any two adjacent conductors 21a, and extends from the distal end of the flat circuitry to a position beyond press-connecting portions 25 of the terminals.

Abstract: A flat cable insertion socket has a pivotally connected cover for closing an open side of the socket and a plurality of internal terminal cavities for each receiving a terminal therein. The terminal each includes a barb portion that is provided at one side with at least two barbs. An additional hook may be optionally provided on the terminal opposite to the barb portion, so that a flat cable may be inserted into the socket to locate and be pressed between the barb portion and the additional hook without the risk of separating from the socket. The barb portions of the terminals in the flat cable insertion socket are so designed that the cover may be always located at an upward turnable position relative to the socket when the socket has been welded to a circuit board, and that the flat cable may always has its bared side effectively and electrically contacted with the terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a housing; a flexible circuit and rigidizer subassembly located in the housing; and a spring located in the housing and contacting a first side of the subassembly. A second opposite side of the subassembly comprises an electrically conductive area. The spring biases the subassembly in a direction of the second opposite side. The spring is not electrically connected to the electrically conductive area.

Abstract: A terminal structure of a flat circuit body includes: a flat circuit body having a plurality of conductors and insulating films for sandwiching the plural conductors; a plurality of connection terminals connected and fixed to the plural conductors respectively; a connector housing having a plurality of terminal housing chambers for housing the plural connection terminals; and a housing cover fixed to the connector housing, the housing cover having partition walls for separating terminal vicinity portions of the conductors in the flat circuit body and connection portions of the connection terminals from other adjacent conductors and other connection terminals in next side thereof. In the construction, the housing cover is attached so as to cover the terminal vicinity portions of the flat circuit body and the connector housing integrally.

Abstract: A flat circuit member (12) has a through hole portion (14) therethrough. A conductor portion (13) is disposed on a surface of the flat circuit member (12), and has a portion penetrated by the through hole portion (14) in a thickness direction of the conductor portion (13). The flat circuit member (12) is electrically connected to a terminal (30) so that an inserting portion (34) of the terminal (30) is inserted in the through hole portion (14), a guide portion (32) of the terminal (30) extends along a rear surface of the flat circuit member (12), and a pressing piece (35) extends toward the conductor portion (13) and presses the flat circuit member (12) toward the guide portion (32).

Abstract: The planar flexible pivot is constituted by an axial stacking of unitary modules each forming a monolithic unit comprising two coplanar, rigid linking elements positioned substantially so as to face each other and being connected diagonally by an essentially rectilinear flexible band. Application to elastic hinges, especially cross-band pivots.

Abstract: In a connector housing (15), slits (25) formed in outer walls are perpendicular to the terminal insertion direction, so that an FPC (40) that is passed through the slits (25) can be positioned at a predetermined location and arranged opposite conductor joints (37) of terminals (17). When a rear holder (19) for applying pressure to the FPC (40) that is passed through the slits (25) is shifted, the conductor joints (37) are bent, and that the recovery force produced by the bending holds the conductor joints elastically in contact with the FPC (40).

Abstract: A flexible board electrical connector (100) comprises an insulative housing (102) defining an opening (118) for insertion of a flexible board (F), a number of conductive contacts (104) and a pressure member (106) both assembled with the housing. The pressure member comprises a pair of shaft portions (126) forming a pair of first positioning bars(130) projecting from opposite outside surfaces (1262) thereof for insertion into elongated holes (120) defined in the housing. A second positioning bar (123) is further formed on one shaft portion for insertion into a recess (117) defined in one side wall (121) of the housing, and, together with the first positioning bars, retains the pressure member to the housing when the flexible board is inserted into the opening.

Abstract: A connector for a flat cable is equipped with a resin-made holder and a resin-made cover that is mounted on the holder. The holder has two metallic bus bars for making connection of a flat cable with two electric wires. The respective bus bars are insert molded in the holder and have flat plate-like portions of connection that are arranged in the form of a flat plane by being spaced away from each other. The outer periphery of each portion of connection is exposed from the holder. The flat cable has two conductors. The respective conductors have exposed conductor portions that are extended in array. Each electric wire has a core wire portion. On the respective connection portions there are superposed their corresponding exposed conductor portions and core wire portions, respectively. The respective core wire portions are connected to their corresponding connection portions by ultrasonic welding.

Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting a terminal portion of a first flexible circuit to a terminal portion of a second flexible circuit has a first clamp member and a second clamp member that cooperate to clamp the terminal portions against each other. Each clamp member has a bed with a support cooperating with the support of the other clamp member for clamping the terminal portions of the flexible circuits together. Each bed has two posts and two assembly holes. Each post engages a pilot hole of each terminal portion and an assembly hole of the other bed to orient and position the terminal portions of the flexible circuits with respect to the clamp members and the clamp members with respect to each other. Each clamp member also has two latch arms and two lock nibs for engaging respective lock nibs and latch arms of the other clamp member for attaching the clamp members to each other. The clamp members are preferably identical but may come in several versions that are interchangeable.

Abstract: A connector is provided for electrically interconnecting the conductors of a flat flexible circuit to the conductors of a complementary mating connecting device. The connector includes a body member on which the flexible circuit is positioned. A latch arm projects from the body member for latching the connector to the complementary mating connecting device. A resilient web joins the latch arm to the body member for performing the functions of providing an anti-overstress structure and a spring device for the latch arm, as well as an anti-snagging feature for the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector for connection with a flexible cable comprises an elongate insulative housing, a plurality of terminals retained in the housing and a stuffer. A pair of retention holes is formed at opposite ends of the stuffer corresponding to teeth at opposite ends of the housing. Each terminal includes a mating end and a mounting tail upwardly deformed. The stuffer is mounted to the housing with the teeth engaging in the holes. An end of the flexible cable is inserted into the connector for contacting the terminals. The stuffer is downwardly pushed to press against the flexible cable to engage with the mounting portions and secure the end of the flexible cable within the housing.

Abstract: A cable assembly comprises an IDC connector including a dielectric housing having front and rear faces. An array of passageways is defined between the front and rear faces. Each passageway securely receives a terminal therein. Each terminal forms an insulation displacement section extending beyond the rear face and a pin section extending beyond the front face. A cover is assembled to the rear face. A row of ground contacts is assembled to a top face of the cover. Each ground contact has a tip and an insulation displacement section at opposite end thereof. A ground plane cable is assembled to the housing by means of the cover. The cable includes a plurality of signal and ground conductors terminating at the insulation displacement sections of the terminals, wherein a ground plane of the cable electrically connects with the tips of the ground contacts when the cable is fed around the IDC connector.

Abstract: A flexible circuit can be cut and spliced to replace a device connected to a removable portion of the circuit. The cut and splice procedure is facilitated by three components, including a service segment integrated into the flexible circuit, a slider assembly that attaches to the flexible circuit within the service segment and a contact assembly that connects to the slider assembly. The service segment is configured with a number of contact pads protected by a detachable insulation layer, which is removed prior to attaching the slider assembly. The flexible circuit can be cut anywhere within a cut zone portion of the service segment in order to detach the removable portion. The slider assembly snaps onto the service segment and provides a convenient straightedge guide within the cut zone. The slider assembly also provides rigid support to the severed end of the remaining flexible circuit, forming a splice plug in conjunction with the contact pads.

Abstract: An electrical connection configuration includes an electrical connection element for electrically connecting an electrical assembly accommodated in a housing to an electrical peripheral system disposed outside the housing. The electrical connection element is a flat, flexible conductor-track carrier having electrical conductor tracks integrated therein and is guided into the housing in the vicinity of a housing seal between two housing parts.

Abstract: A folded insulated ribbon conductor having a pair of joined twice folded conductors. The folded insulated ribbon conductor has an outer layer of a thin flexible length of insulative material. A thin flexible conductive ribbon is adhered to one side of the insulator. A first one hundred eighty degree fold is formed along one edge where the conductor and the insulator are folded toward the center of the length. A second one hundred eighty degree fold is formed along the other edge of the conductor. Conductive jacks may be connected to this conductor by unfolding the first fold and inserting a jack through the ribbon and the conductor near the first fold and then refolding the first fold to provide two points of contact for the jack. The pair of folded conductors may be joined by insulative disks which also support the conductive jacks.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector mated to the first connector. A strain-relief device is assembled to the second connector for releasably attaching the second connector the first connector. The device includes a base bar having a pair of inner latches extending downward from opposite ends thereof for fixedly engaging with said second housing, a pair of outer latches pivotally attached to said bar for releasably engaging with said mounting recesses of said first housing, a flexible handle bridged between rear ends of said outer latches. When the handle is pulled upward, the outer latches are released from the mounting recesses and further providing easy separation of the second connector with respect to the first connector.

Abstract: In a cable connector (1) for connecting a cable (2) having a plurality of core wires (2a,2b), a plurality of support contacts (7) are held by a cover member (3) and extend in a first direction, the core wires are in close contact with the support contacts, respectively, a plurality of base contacts (8) are held by a base member (4) and clamp the core wires over the support contacts, respectively, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the cover member covers the cable and is removably coupled to the base member.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a flexible flat cable comprises a dielectric housing defining an elongate slot, a number of terminals retained in the housing, a shield enclosing the housing, and a stuffer inserted into the slot for biasing an inserted flexible flat cable into contact with the terminals. Each terminal has a tail portion for connecting with a signal conductor of the inserted cable. The shield comprises a pressing plate extending into the slot of the housing. The pressing plate connects with a bottom wall of the shield via a pair of linkers and is parallel to the bottom wall. Each linker is trapezoidal in shape. Each linker connects with the pressing plate at a first junction portion having a small width and with the bottom wall of the shield at a second junction portion having a large width, thereby preventing a top wall of the shield from upwardly deflecting relative to the housing.

Abstract: Electrical contact (1) having a terminating section (20) that terminates a foil-form conductive member (60), and an elastic contact part (30) that elastically contacts the conductive member (60). The elastic contact part (30) has: [a] a spring arm (33) that has an embossment (34) with a substantially spherical surface that presses against the conductive member (60); and [b] a substantially circular hole (38) that faces the embossment (34) of the spring arm (33), and that has a rim that is contacted in a substantially circumferential state of contact by the conductive part (62) of the conductive member (60) pressed by the embossment (34).

Abstract: A high density electrical termination assembly made by forming a terminal assembly including separate thermoplastic sections having confronting surfaces. An in-line array of conductor receiving slots open through the confronting surface of one of the sections and a plurality of elongate spaced apart energy directors project from and extending along the confronting surface of the other of the sections. Stacking within the grooves portions of the conductors to be connected are stacked within slots in the terminal section. The thermoplastic sections positioned in juxtaposed stacked relationship to each other along the confronting surfaces with the energy directors extending across the slots in axially transverse relationship to the conductors stacked within the slots.

Abstract: A sensor connection assembly for connection to a sensor in an internal combustion engine includes a connector housing and a flexible printed circuit disposed in the connector housing and having a plurality of legs to contact the sensor to provide an electrical connection thereto.

Abstract: A flat-cable connector has a contact element formed from a single blank of flat conductive material. A flat body has jaws folded out of the plane of the blank. A pair of legs in the plane carry sharpened pegs on offsets out of the plane. A grooved connector shell has a flap that compresses the legs together in the plane so that the pegs in one leg slice through the cable and fold around the cable.

Abstract: A connector adapted to receive a flat electrical conductor, such as a ribbon cable 4, has a lever 3 operable to open and close a conductor receiving opening. The rotative axis of the lever 3 is arranged to resist opening due to tugging of the cable 4 away from a mounting surface 49. The lever 3 is urged to its end positions by cooperation with an external fixing 21 of the connector; this allows a high biasing force without an excessive contact force between the cable 4 and terminals 2 of the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a ribbon cable comprises a housing (1) with a pivotable pressing member (3) movable from an open to a closed condition to clamp a cable (4). The pressing member has temporary stopping latch (37,50) to allow a substantially closed connector for transport for transport and attachment purposes, and a final stoping latch (37,51) for firm engagement with the cable (4).

Abstract: An electrical connector for terminating flat cable of the type having a plurality of signal and ground conductors in parallel alignment comprises a housing which holds a plurality of signal contacts and a ground bus. Each of the signal contacts has a signal conductor termination slot configured for insulation displacement termination of a respective said signal conductor. The ground bus has a plurality of ground conductor termination slots each configured for insulation displacement termination of a respective said ground conductor, and at least one bypass slot configured to permit at least one of said signal conductors to pass through said ground bus without termination thereto. The signal conductor termination slots, the ground conductor termination slots and the at least one bypass slot are arranged such that the plurality of signal and ground conductors reside in a common plane in the connector after termination thereto.

Abstract: A joint structure of a flat cable and joint terminals is provided. In this structure, bus bars are arranged in conformity with the arrangement pitch of the conductors. A bus bar holder is formed by securing the conforming side of the bus bars by a first bus bar resin layer formed of an insulating resin. The conductors are laminated and welded between terminal plates and bus bars held by the bus bar holder. An insulating coating layer of the flat cable is interposed between a first terminal resin layer and a first bus bar coating layer. The bus bar holder also includes a second bus bar resin layer formed of an insulating resin at the other side of the bus bars, and a tip coating layer remaining at the front edges of the conductors of the flat cable is interposed between the second terminal resin layer and the second bus bar resin layer. Furthermore, an insertion groove into which the tip coating layer is inserted is formed on the second bus bar resin layer or the second terminal resin layer.

Abstract: A connection structure of a suspension for a magnetic head suitable for assembly automation is provided. The connection structure of a suspension for a magnetic head comprises a suspension (1) for a magnetic head which includes a circuit wiring pattern (4) for connecting to the terminal side of a magnetic head and is clasped by and supported between an actuator arm (9) and a base plate (10), a relay board (7) for connecting the circuit wiring pattern to a read/write amplifier-board, and a connecting portion consisting of a pair of terminals (6) and (8) provided at portions of the suspension for a magnetic head and the relay board which are clasped by the actuator arm and the base plate, and wherein the connecting portion is formed by positioning the pair of terminals opposite one another and bringing them into mutual contact.

Abstract: A flat cable connecting structure including a flat cable having a film, a connecting portion, and securing portions; and an external connecting part having a body, a connecting terminal, and engaging portions. The connecting terminal is connected to the connecting portion at a conductor portion, and the engaging portions are made to engage the securing portions, in order to connect the external connecting part to the flat cable 10. The flat cable further includes a bent portion formed so as to be disposed between the connecting portion and the engaging portions. The flat cable connecting structure further includes a strain relief portion disposed between the connecting portion and the engaging portions. The flat cable connecting structure of the invention overcomes a problem in conventional flat cable connecting structures.

Abstract: A connector assembly (10, 10') for receiving electrical cards seated on a rigid mother board (12, 12'), includes the plural electrical card connectors (20, 20'), a flexible printed circuit (50, 50') and a connecting means (30, 30') wherein the plural connectors (20, 20') further includes an insulative housing (26, 26') means receiving a plurality of contacts (24, 24') and a shell means (40, 40') integrally forming a plurality of terminal (44, 44') therewith. The flexible printed circuit board (50, 50') includes a plurality of holes (521, 521') formed adjacent to an end thereof and solderably connected with the terminals (44, 44') and the contacts (24, 24') of the connectors (20, 20'), and a plurality of printed pads (581, 581') formed adjacent to the other end thereof and electrically connected with a plurality of circuit pads (18, 18') formed on the rigid mother board (12, 12') by means of the connecting means (30, 30').

Abstract: Bus bars are integrally fitted to a resin-made bus-bar holder by molding, conductor exposed sections of a flat cable and conductor exposed sections of wires are connected to these bus bars either by welding or by soldering, and the flat cable is inverted to the rear surface of the bus-bar holder and is sandwiched between the bus-bar holder and an under case. With this structure, a tensile force of the flat cable is not directly applied to the connection portion, and a connection structure of the flat cable with high reliability can be provided at low cost.

Abstract: A high density electrical termination assembly made by forming a terminal assembly including separate thermoplastic sections having confronting surfaces. An in-line array of conductor receiving slots open through the confronting surface of one of the sections and a plurality of elongate spaced apart energy directors project from and extending along the confronting surface of the other of the sections. Stacking within the grooves portions of the conductors to be connected are stacked within slots in the terminal section. The thermoplastic sections positioned in juxtaposed stacked relationship to each other along the confronting surfaces with the energy directors extending across the slots in axially transverse relationship to the conductors stacked within the slots.

Abstract: A sliding connector block system for inserting an electronic device, such as a wireless modem transceiver, housed in a sliding metal tray into an electrical equipment enclosure containing other electronic components and blindly interconnecting the electronic device with another component via a flexible cable secured within a sliding connector block. The metal tray and connector block have flanges that align with a pair of guide rails mounted in the equipment enclosure and allow travel of the tray and connector block along the rails between stops. A bezel bonded to the front of the tray provides a handle for inserting and removing the electronic device. A grounding clip is also provided to ground the flexible cable to the sliding metal tray and rails.

Abstract: A joint structure of a flat cable and joint terminals includes a flat cable, a plurality of joint terminals, a terminal holder and a bus bar holder. The flat cable has a plurality of conductors at its front and an insulating coating layer at its rear. The plurality of joint terminals have terminal plates at their first ends and the terminal plates are arranged in conformity with an arrangement pitch of the conductors. The terminal holder includes a first terminal resin layer and holding the joint terminals in such a manner that the first ends of the terminal plates are secured by the first terminal resin layer. The bus bar holder including a first bus bar resin layer and holds a plurality of bus bars whose first ends are arranged in conformity with the arrangement pitch of the conductors in such a manner that the first ends of the bus bars are secured by the first bus bar resin layer. The conductors are sandwiched by and welded to the terminal plates and the bus bars held by the bus bar holder.

Abstract: A connector having a pair of structural substrates that each contain mechanically raised dimples and adjacent mating flexible interconnect circuits. The structural substrate has one or more structural dimples formed therein that protrude above one surface. A metallization pattern on the substrate overlays each of the structural dimples to provide additional structural support. The flexible interconnect circuits each comprise a dielectric substrate fabricated as a flat flexible circuit having conductive traces formed on top and bottom sides thereof, respectively, that terminate in contact areas. The conductive traces are configured to conform to the shapes of the respective dimples of the structural substrates when they are mated. The mated flexible interconnect circuits are compressed by the structural substrates using plates or other securing members so that contact therebetween is made by the conductive traces adjacent the contact areas.

Abstract: In a connection device for connecting a flat cable with a connection object, a first connector is provided with a pressing member movably connected to a first insulator. The pressing member and the first insulator are covered with a first and a second conductive shell, respectively. The second conductive shell is brought into contact with a supplementary pattern of the flat cable and with the first conductive shell when the pressing member presses a flat cable with being moved. A second connector is provided with a third conductive shell for being connected to a supplementary pattern of the connection object. The third conductive shell is brought into contact with the first conductive shell when the first and the second connectors are connected to each other.

Abstract: A modular buss center for an automotive vehicle is provided including a first plug connector; an intermediate terminal having a first male end and a second female end and at least one arm, the first end being electrically connected to the first plug connector; a first template with a hole for receipt of the intermediate terminal; at least one flex circuit, the flex circuit having at least one cut-out flag, the flag making contact with the intermediate terminal arm; a second template separated from the first template by the flex circuit, the second template having a hole for receipt of the intermediate terminal second end; and an electrical component positioned on the second template opposite the flex circuit, the electrical component being electrically connected to the intermediate terminal second end.

Abstract: A flat cable including a plurality of conductor strips which are formed by punching a single metal foil and are embedded within an insulating sheet, in which at an end portion of the flat cable, bifurcated portions are folded back one on another such that end terminals of conductor strips of one bifurcated portion are inserted between end terminals of conductor strips of another bifurcated portion, so that an order in which end terminals of the conductor strips are aligned can be changed. Therefore, an electric connection between connectors requiring crossings of conductor strips can be established by a single flat cable.

Abstract: An apparatus for securing a printed circuit cable to an actuator arm in a disc drive is provided. The actuator arm has a pivot adjacent the disc of the disc drive and includes a threaded mounting boss on the side of the actuator arm and adjacent thereto connecting pins for connecting the PCC cable electrically to the actuator arm. A single piece alignment bracket incorporating both forks and an anti-rotation tab which cooperate with a slotted actuator arm to prevent a bracket and the PCC that it holds from being moved out of alignment or from rotating the assembly is provided, bonded directly to the PCC and forming the PCC for attachment to the actuator arm. The bracket is bent to form a first, central and third bracket section. The first section contains the forks and anti-rotation tab which are bent away from the first section in opposite directions. The central section contains a hole for mounting to the actuator arm. The third section has an elongated end piece.

Abstract: With a low-voltage power cable (1), which has an insulator (2) and, on both broad sides of the insulator (2), wire-cloth bands (3 through 6) serving as current phases, which are attached to the broad sides of a rectangular cross-section (11, 12) of the insulator (2), it is planned according to the invention that the insulator (2) forms a rail which is multiply flanged and slender in its main axis, and the wire-cloth bands (3 through 6) are arranged in profile chambers (7 through 10) which are formed by the rectangular cross section (11, 12) and the profile flanges (14 through 16).

Abstract: A flat connector cable assembly includes a connector having two rows of contact elements, a flat cable assembly formed of first and second flat cables respectively connected to first rows and second rows of the contact elements, and a fixture element for holding the first and second flat cables to form a single flat cable, wherein the fixture element holds the plurality of cables of the second flat cable with gaps formed therebetween such that the plurality of cables of the first flat cable are held in respective gaps formed between the cables of the second flat cable, and such that the fixture element holds the plurality of cables of the first flat cable with gaps formed therebetween such that the plurality of cables of the second flat cable are held in respective gaps formed between the cables of the first flat cable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multiconductor, flat, insulated ribbon cable, the cable constructed of a conventional material such as PVC with multiple conductors therein arranged in spaced apart side-by-side relation, and including axially extending terminal reinforced edges composed of a material such as PTFE or PE. The edge reinforcement may be formed by a lamination or extrusion process thereby inhibiting tearing of the edges of the material when the cable is inserted or removed from an enclosure, e.g. of a personal computer.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed for interconnecting a flat flexible circuit to a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an elongated mouth for receiving the flat flexible circuit. Terminals are mounted in the housing and are adapted for coupling appropriate conductors of the flat flexible circuit with circuit traces on the printed circuit board. An actuator has an elongated tongue for insertion into the mouth of the housing to maintain the flat flexible circuit in engagement with the terminals. At least one latch/mounting clip is mounted on the housing, and a complementary interengaging latch is provided between a first portion of the clip and the actuator to hold the actuator in its inserted position on the housing. A second portion of the clip is adapted for operative association with the printed circuit board.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pin connector (20) for insulation displacement termination of conductors (162) of a multiple conductor cable (156) having a housing (32) having insulation displacement contacts (26) secured therein. Each of the insulation displacement contacts (26) has an insulation displacement portion (46) extending beyond a cable receiving face (48) for terminating to conductors of a multiconductor cable (156). A termination cover (28) securable to the housing (32) is adapted to be pressed toward the cable receiving face (48) to terminate conductors (162) of the cable (156) to respective contacts (26). The termination cover (28) either has a latch/eject lever (30) secured thereto or is adapted to have secured thereto at least one latch/eject lever (30) for latchingly securing a mating connector (44) to the pin connector (20).

Abstract: A gull-wing strain relief (10) for a flat multi-conductor ribbon cable (30) exiting a connector assembly (20). The gull-wing strain relief (10) is mounted directly on the connector assembly (20) and includes lateral flaps (14) which close around the connector assembly (20). The flaps (14) may be interlocked in a fully closed position wherein the ribbon cable (30) exiting the connector assembly (20) is held in compression to thereby protect against strain from twisting or pulling.

Abstract: A one-piece electronic module assembly is formed from a substantially rectangular baseplate on which an insulating film is mounted to carry circuit components. An enclosed assembly is completed by initially providing a pair of major bend axes across the baseplate, and forming inwardly extending notches at selected locations along lengthwise edges of the baseplate. The baseplate is bent at the notches to form a front wall, a pair of sidewalls and tabs that overlap the sidewalls. The baseplate is then bent over on itself along the major bend axes and sealed, if necessary, to form a completed assembly.

Abstract: A process is indicated for producing an electrical connection between a ribbon line and a connecting line, which have at least two electrical conductors each. To relieve the strain on the conducting areas, the exposed ends of the conductors of both lines are placed in a support which is made of insulated material and is equipped with corresponding recesses. Subsequently, the conductors of the lines to be connected are soldered to each other. Finally, an insulation material cover, which adheres firmly to the support, is molded over the connections of the conductors and the ends of both lines.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (10) comprises first and second electrical connectors (12 and 14) and/or a printed wiring board (70) having electrical conductors thereon ending in termini (32, 34). Dimples (36, 38 and/or 72) are provided on the termini and provide connections between the flex cables or a flex cable and the printed wiring board. The dimples also provide self-alignment between the matable electrical connectors.