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(11) EP 0 382 482 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.02.1991 Bulletin 1991/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.08.1990 Bulletin 1990/33

(21) Application number: 90301242.5

(22) Date of filing: 06.02.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 4/24, H01R 9/07
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE GB

(30) Priority: 06.02.1989 ZA 890891

(71) Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
Lisle Illinois 60532 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Rishworth, Paul Lindsay
    Richmond, Johannesburg, Tvl (ZA)
  • Dixon, Daniel Allen
    Naperville, Illinois 60565 (US)
  • Rishworth, Denis Leslie
    Knysna Heights 6570 (ZA)

(74) Representative: Greenwood, John David et al
Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Multi conductor electrical cable connector


    (57) An electrical conductor cable connector (10) includes a housing made from an electrical insulating material having side walls (16, 18 and 20) which between them define an enclosure, a floor (24) which extends between the side walls (16, 18 and 20) to define an open topped compartment (22) in the housing (10) on one side of the floor (24), a plurality of suitably spaced conductor engaging elements (32) in and extending from the floor (24) into the compartment (22) with each element (32) including a formation (34) in the floor (24) of the housing (10) for electrically connecting an electrical conductor in a cable (14) in the floor (24) to the conductor engaging element (32), a press member (44) which is made from an electrical insulating material, for pressing a conductor ribbon tape cable (12) into the compartment (22) and the conductors which are carried by the tape (12) into electrical engagement with the conductor engaging elements (32), means (40) for clamping the ribbon tape (12) in the compartment (22) between the conductor engaging elements (32) and the/or each tape exit from the housing (10) and a catch arrangement (62) for locking the press member (44) in the compartment (22) to hold the tape (12) clamped in the housing (10).







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