H - Electricity – 01 – R
Patent
H - Electricity
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R
26/141, 339/70
H01R 43/00 (2006.01) H05K 1/11 (2006.01) H01R 4/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1139858
Abstract The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for connectorizing flat cable assemblies. A connector is provided having two underlying/overlying arrays of laterally disposed cable connector-mating elements supported by an associated housing. A flat cable is provided having two laterally disposed, underlying/ overlying arrays of conductors separated by an insulative center film. Each array of conductors is interposed between the center film and one of two insulative outer films. Two laterally disposed isolating strips of insulating material are respectively located and aligned on opposite sides of the center film, thus being interposed between the latter film and the adjacent one of the two arrays of conductors at the terminated end of the cable. The isolating strips are made of a material that does not bond to the array of conductors or to the adjacent one of the outer films. A short longitudinally disposed end section of each film and the coextensive conductor end portions bonded thereto are separated from at least a longitudinally disposed portion of the initially contacting one of the isolating strips. This is accomplished by being sharply folded back on themselves so that the then outermost sides of the conductor end portions in each array are exposed with each such exposed conductor end portion in each array being electrically connected to a different aligned one of the mating connector elements of the associated array in the connector.
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Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Western Electric Company Incorporated
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