CA1101957A - Electrical plug receptacle connector and a method of manufacturing such a connector - Google Patents

Electrical plug receptacle connector and a method of manufacturing such a connector

Info

Publication number: CA1101957A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: housing; plug; contact; contacts; side wall
Prior art date: 1978-09-08
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA333,626A

Other languages

English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

Robert J. Kobler

Donald W.K. Hughes

Ronald W. Myers

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

TE Connectivity Corp

Original Assignee

AMP Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1978-09-08

Filing date

1979-08-13

Publication date

1981-05-26

1978-09-08 Priority claimed from US05/940,536 external-priority patent/US4221458A/en

1978-09-20 Priority claimed from US05/944,095 external-priority patent/US4186988A/en

1978-12-07 Priority claimed from US05/967,441 external-priority patent/US4193654A/en

1979-02-23 Priority claimed from US06/014,442 external-priority patent/US4210376A/en

1979-08-13 Application filed by AMP Inc filed Critical AMP Inc

1981-05-26 Application granted granted Critical

1981-05-26 Publication of CA1101957A publication Critical patent/CA1101957A/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
- H01R24/60—Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
- H01R24/62—Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
- H01R43/16—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/70—Coupling devices
- H01R12/7005—Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors
- H01R12/7011—Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
- H01R12/7017—Snap means
- H01R12/7023—Snap means integral with the coupling device
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
- H01R12/70—Coupling devices
- H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
- H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
- H01R12/722—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
- H01R12/724—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits containing contact members forming a right angle
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/02—Contact members
- H01R13/33—Contact members made of resilient wire
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/44—Means for preventing access to live contacts
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
- H01R2201/16—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for telephony

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
Organic Insulating Materials (AREA)
Manufacturing Of Electrical Connectors (AREA)

CA333,626A 1978-09-08 1979-08-13 Electrical plug receptacle connector and a method of manufacturing such a connector Expired CA1101957A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (8)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US05/940,536 US4221458A (en)	1978-09-08	1978-09-08	Electrical connector receptacle
US940,536		1978-09-08
US05/944,095 US4186988A (en)	1978-09-20	1978-09-20	Electrical connector receptacles
US944,095		1978-09-20
US967,441		1978-12-07
US05/967,441 US4193654A (en)	1978-09-08	1978-12-07	Electrical connector receptacles
US06/014,442 US4210376A (en)	1978-12-07	1979-02-23	Electrical connector receptacle
US14,442		1979-02-23

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1101957A true CA1101957A (en)	1981-05-26

Family

ID=27486389

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA333,626A Expired CA1101957A (en)	1978-09-08	1979-08-13	Electrical plug receptacle connector and a method of manufacturing such a connector

Country Status (13)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0009867B1 (da)
AR (1)	AR218161A1 (da)
AU (1)	AU523952B2 (da)
BR (1)	BR7905491A (da)
CA (1)	CA1101957A (da)
DE (1)	DE2964098D1 (da)
DK (1)	DK158182C (da)
ES (1)	ES483993A1 (da)
FI (1)	FI67458C (da)
HK (1)	HK4485A (da)
MX (1)	MX146588A (da)
NO (1)	NO154364C (da)
SG (1)	SG45084G (da)

Families Citing this family (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4195900A (en) *	1979-03-22	1980-04-01	Amp Incorporated	Terminal housing having improved mounting means
US4225209A (en) *	1979-05-18	1980-09-30	Amp Incorporated	Electrical connector receptacle
US4273402A (en) *	1979-10-16	1981-06-16	Amp Incorporated	Electrical connector receptacle
US4315664A (en) *	1980-05-05	1982-02-16	Amp Incorporated	Modular jack
GB2110886B (en) *	1981-12-01	1985-12-11	Bunker Ramo	Electrical connector member
US4698025A (en) *	1986-09-15	1987-10-06	Molex Incorporated	Low profile modular phone jack assembly
JPH05114444A (ja) *	1991-10-14	1993-05-07	Minnesota Mining & Mfg Co <3M>	圧入型接触子を有するコネクタ
DE4242403C2 (de) *	1992-12-09	1996-07-18	Krone Ag	Steckverbinder, insb. RJ-Verbinder
US5295867A (en) *	1992-12-23	1994-03-22	Itt Corporation	Edge connector shield
WO1998005100A1 (en) *	1996-07-26	1998-02-05	Berg Technology, Inc.	Modular telephone connector with a floating spring contact
JPH1197149A (ja) *	1997-09-17	1999-04-09	Jst Mfg Co Ltd	コンタクトのコネクタハウジングへの組付け方法

Family Cites Families (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3369214A (en) *	1965-10-27	1968-02-13	Bell Telephone Labor Inc	Connector
DE7134149U (de) *	1971-09-08	1972-05-18	Blaupunkt-Werke Gmbh	Steckvorrichtung fuer gedruckte schaltungen
US3850497A (en) *	1972-03-08	1974-11-26	Bell Telephone Labor Inc	Connector
US3854788A (en) *	1973-02-28	1974-12-17	Itt	Electrical connector assembly
AT339988B (de) *	1973-03-23	1977-11-25	Electrovac	Kontaktleiste
US4050769A (en) *	1976-03-18	1977-09-27	Elfab Corporation	Electrical connector
US4153327A (en) *	1978-05-05	1979-05-08	Northern Telecom Limited	Connector for telephone cords

1979
- 1979-08-03 EP EP79301574A patent/EP0009867B1/en not_active Expired
- 1979-08-03 DE DE7979301574T patent/DE2964098D1/de not_active Expired
- 1979-08-13 CA CA333,626A patent/CA1101957A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-08-16 AU AU49975/79A patent/AU523952B2/en not_active Expired
- 1979-08-27 BR BR7905491A patent/BR7905491A/pt unknown
- 1979-08-27 MX MX179073A patent/MX146588A/es unknown
- 1979-08-30 NO NO792814A patent/NO154364C/no unknown
- 1979-09-05 FI FI792753A patent/FI67458C/fi not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1979-09-07 AR AR277986A patent/AR218161A1/es active
- 1979-09-07 DK DK374179A patent/DK158182C/da active
- 1979-09-07 ES ES483993A patent/ES483993A1/es not_active Expired
1984
- 1984-06-19 SG SG450/84A patent/SG45084G/en unknown
1985
- 1985-01-17 HK HK44/85A patent/HK4485A/en not_active IP Right Cessation

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DK374179A (da)	1980-03-09
DK158182C (da)	1990-09-03
NO154364C (no)	1986-09-03
FI792753A7 (fi)	1980-03-09
ES483993A1 (es)	1980-09-01
AR218161A1 (es)	1980-05-15
DE2964098D1 (en)	1982-12-30
FI67458B (fi)	1984-11-30
BR7905491A (pt)	1980-05-13
MX146588A (es)	1982-07-09
NO792814L (no)	1980-03-11
FI67458C (fi)	1985-03-11
EP0009867B1 (en)	1982-11-24
EP0009867A1 (en)	1980-04-16
HK4485A (en)	1985-01-25
DK158182B (da)	1990-04-02
AU4997579A (en)	1980-03-13
SG45084G (en)	1985-03-08
NO154364B (no)	1986-05-26
AU523952B2 (en)	1982-08-26

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1998-05-26	MKEX	Expiry

Publication	Publication Date	Title
US4186988A (en)	1980-02-05	Electrical connector receptacles
US4193654A (en)	1980-03-18	Electrical connector receptacles
US4221458A (en)	1980-09-09	Electrical connector receptacle
US4292736A (en)	1981-10-06	Method for making jack type receptacles
US4602830A (en)	1986-07-29	Double row electrical connector
US4315664A (en)	1982-02-16	Modular jack
EP0795929B1 (en)	2005-12-07	Electric connector assembly with improved retention characteristics
CA1046146A (en)	1979-01-09	Electrical connector assembly for connecting ribbon cable to a printed circuit board
US4231628A (en)	1980-11-04	Electrical connector receptacles
US4269467A (en)	1981-05-26	Electrical connector receptacle having molded conductors
US4159158A (en)	1979-06-26	Displation connector having improved terminal supporting means
US6155886A (en)	2000-12-05	Electrical connector and method for making the same
US4842528A (en)	1989-06-27	Solder post retention means
EP0899819B1 (en)	2003-11-19	Solderless mountable insulation displacement connector
US4337574A (en)	1982-07-06	Method of manufacturing electrical connector receptacles
US4618207A (en)	1986-10-21	Two piece modular receptacle
US5542851A (en)	1996-08-06	Electrical connector with improved grounding
JP3565161B2 (ja)	2004-09-15	電力用コネクタ
EP0503578B1 (en)	1995-09-27	Shunted electrical connector
US5061196A (en)	1991-10-29	Selective shorting of plug pins/socket contacts in an electrical connector
JPH0797507B2 (ja)	1995-10-18	モジュラープラグ用ジヤツク
US4327958A (en)	1982-05-04	Connector jack
US4296550A (en)	1981-10-27	Method of manufacturing electrical connector receptacle
US20040053540A1 (en)	2004-03-18	Electrical connector and method of assembling the same
EP0009867B1 (en)	1982-11-24	An electrical plug receptacle connector and a method of manufacturing such a connector