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(11) EP 0 499 141 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.03.1993 Bulletin 1993/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.08.1992 Bulletin 1992/34

(21) Application number: 92101972.5

(22) Date of filing: 06.02.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 4/18
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 15.02.1991 US 655987

(71) Applicant: BURNDY CORPORATION
Norwalk, Connecticut 06856 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Schrader, Gary E.
    Manchester, New Hampshire (US)
  • Annan, Robert K.
    Merrimack, New Hampshire (US)

(74) Representative: Patentanwälte Beetz - Timpe - Siegfried Schmitt-Fumian - Mayr 
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Multipoint contact compression connector


    (57) A multipoint contact compression connector (10, 32) provided with a plurality of recesses (18, 26, 18, 30, 40, 46, 47, 48) to include a like number of electrical conductors or cables (72, 74, 76, 78) therein. When placed in an appropriate crimping device, the connector (10, 32) would contact the interior die surfaces in at least four points (54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 68, 70, 72, 74), in such a manner, so as to secure at least three conductors (72, 74, 76, 78) or cables in place.






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