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(11) EP 0 133 189 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.04.1986 Bulletin 1986/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.02.1985 Bulletin 1985/08

(21) Application number: 83112602

(22) Date of filing: 15.12.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB IT LI

(30) Priority: 05.08.1983 US 520868

(71) Applicant: Elfab Corporation
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(72) Inventors:
  • Ammon, J. Preston
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  • Kendall, Jerry A.
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  • Martens, John D.
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(54) Modular connector


(57) A modular printed circuit card edge connector or a cable connector plug is made in several parts including the connector body, a bottom plate, two separate end caps and a plurality of connector terminals. The body of the connector can be cut to any length and assembled with the other parts to provide a card edge connector or cable connector of a desired length. In a second embodiment of the invention, a press fit connector is made up of the modular parts. The base plate is not used and the body of the connector is used to press fit the terminals into a circuit board.






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