(19)
(11) EP 1 191 636 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.03.2005 Bulletin 2005/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/13

(21) Application number: 01306153.6

(22) Date of filing: 17.07.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 12/16, H01R 13/627
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 25.09.2000 US 668930

(71) Applicant: AVX CORPORATION
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29578 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • McIntosh, David
    Braintree, Essex CM7 8GE (GB)

(74) Representative: Bergmeier, Werner, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwälte Canzler & Bergmeier Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 84
85055 Ingolstadt
85055 Ingolstadt (DE)

   


(54) Electrical connector


(57) An electrical connector for mating at least two circuits having a first (10) and second (11) insulating body adapted to mate with each other in completing an electrical circuit. The first body having a bottom portion and a top portion to connect to a first circuit and the second body having a bottom portion adapted to connect to a second circuit and a top portion to connect to the first body. The first and second bodies having a plurality of adjacently spaced recesses (12,13) on their mating surfaces and sides and further having contact elements (14,15) located within the adjacently spaced recesses. Contact elements are pressed against each other when the first body and second body are joined in forming a connector.






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