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(11) | EP 0 214 059 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Contact fixing structure for connector |
(57) A contact fixing structure for an electrical connector , particularly miniaturized
multi-contact connector including an insulating housing, a fixing plate and a plurality
of contacts each having a contact element (6a) and a thin contact tail (6b) electrically
connected to the contact element and extending substantially perpendicularly to the
contact element. The structure comprises a fixing plate fitting portion (4b) formed
in the insulating housing for fitting the fixing plate (5) therein, contact insert
apertures formed in the fixing plate fitting portion (4b) to fix the contact elements
inserted in the contact insert apertures (4c, 4c') by the fixing plate (5) fitted
in the fixing plate fitting portion of the insulating housing, and contact tail extending
grooves (4e) formed in at least one of the insulating housing and the fixing plate
and being somewhat larger than the contact tails for extending the contact tails (6b)
of the contacts out of the insulating housing when the contact elements are inserted
in the contact insert apertures and fixed therein by the fixing plate. |