(19)
(11) EP 0 903 810 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/12

(21) Application number: 98307287.7

(22) Date of filing: 09.09.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 9/09
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 18.09.1997 US 59292 P

(71) Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
Wilmington, DE 19808 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Scholz, Jim P.
    Mechanicsburg 17055 PA (US)
  • Tan, Cheng-Thye
    548075 Singapore (SG)

(74) Representative: Warren, Keith Stanley et al
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU
London W8 5BU (GB)

   


(54) Connector for adjacent circuit-bearing substrates


(57) A connector (10) for interconnecting circuits of adjacent circuit-bearing substrates (50,60) comprises a housing (12) having contacts (30) disposed in contact-receiving cavities (20). Each contact includes a plate-like body section (32) secured in the associated cavity and a pair of elongate spring arm contact sections (40) co-extending from a common edge(34) of the body section (32) and outwardly from the cavity (20) and from the mounting face of the housing (12). The elongate spring arm contact sections (40) have end portions arcuately diverging from each other to free ends so that continuous arcuate edges (46) thereof face away from the mounting face for engagement with associated circuit termini (52,62) of the circuit-bearing substrates (50,60). The elongate spring arm contact sections (40) are independently deflectable toward the mounting face under spring bias.






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