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(11) | EP 0 138 039 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Electrical termination block for flat conductor cable |
| (57) A tansition block connector serves as a fastening point for a plurality of terminal
screws which extend through holes in the spaced-apart conductors of a flat flexible
cable. To provide fastening points for the spaced-apart screws, and to accomodate
variations in the spacing between them, mating fasteners are moveably mounted in a
housing which is formed of electrically insulating material. The moveable mounting
includes a recess in the housing for each fastener which has internal dimensions larger
than the external dimensions of the fastener, and a portion of the fastener has a
non-circular exterior configuration which cooperates with a portion of the recess
having a non circular configuration to prevent rotation of the fastener within the
recess while permitting lateral displacement of the fastener relative to the housing.
The housing is formed in two parts which define an internal shoulder which in turn
cooperates with an external shoulder on the fastener to prevent withdrawal of the
fastener from the recess when the two parts of the housing are joined together. A
conductive support plate coupled to the housing includes an electromechanically coupled
threaded fastener which cooperates with a through opening in the housing to permit
coupling of a conductor of a flat cable directly to the support sheet for grounding
purposes. |