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(11) EP 0 358 404 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.11.1990 Bulletin 1990/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/11

(21) Application number: 89308800.5

(22) Date of filing: 31.08.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 9/07
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 05.09.1988 JP 115995/88 U

(71) Applicant: THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
Memphis Tennessee 38119 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Hoshino, Haruo
    Chiba-shi Chiba Prefecture 281 (JP)

(74) Representative: Howick, Nicholas Keith et al
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Connector


    (57) A connector comprises a plurality of contacts (1, 1′, 1˝) each having at least two connecting ends (1A, 1A′, 1A˝), a housing (2, 2′, 2˝) having a storage hole (2A, 2A′, 2A˝) for storing a flat cable having a plurality of conductors surrounded by an insuating material, said housing (2, 2′, 2˝) being provided with storage cavities (2B, 2B′, 2B˝) for respectively storing said plurality of contacts (1, 1′, 1˝), the contacts (1, 1′, 1˝) being slidable in said storage cavities (2B, 2B′, 2B˝) such that said connecting ends (1A, 1A′, 1A˝) extend through said storage hole (2A, 2A′, 2A˝) and said cable inserted in said storage hole, and said two connecting ends (1A, 1A′, 1A˝) extend through corresponding ones of said cable conductors, respectively.







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