(19)
(11) EP 0 631 351 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.07.1996 Bulletin 1996/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/52

(21) Application number: 94109668.7

(22) Date of filing: 22.06.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 23/66
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE DK FR GB IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 23.06.1993 GB 9313002

(71) Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Grella, Georg
    D-64291 Darmstadt (DE)
  • Fieberling, Bernd
    D-67549 Worms (DE)

(74) Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch 
Winzererstrasse 106
80797 München
80797 München (DE)

   


(54) Wire-to-board electrical connector


(57) An electrical connector assembly (2) is shown including a receptacle housing (4) and a wire gripping assembly (6) is comprised of identical halves (40) which sandwich between them a multi-conductor cable (12). The cable gripping members (40) have latching detents (48) which correspond with apertures (36) in a preloaded condition, but with apertures (38) in a fully loaded condition, whereby when in the fully loaded condition, the free ends of the individual conductors (10) project through apertures in the end face (22) of the receptacle member to be aligned with through holes in the printed circuit boards (8).









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