Electrical connectors and assemblies therefor

专利名称：Electrical connectors and assemblies

therefor

发明人：Tedford H. Spaulding申请号：US05/902330申请日：19780503公开号：US04239316A公开日：19801216

摘要：Improved modular interface connectors and connector assembliesincorporating such connectors are disclosed for interconnecting telephones andtelephone signal equipment. The modular connectors of the invention include improvedmounting structures which permit each connector to be slidably mounted on a supportmember in at least two alternate orientations and to be retained at any position betweentwo spaced shoulders of the support member. In addition, the modular connector ispreferably an integrally molded plastic unit configured to permit its fabrication in asingle-action mold. In one embodiment, the interface connector further includes aremovable comb member which separates and aligns the active portions of theconnector contact elements and prevents access through the entrance aperture of theconnector to the free ends of the contact elements. In another embodiment, theinterface connector includes an integral comb structure and embossments disposed onthe connector housing for engaging and mounting at least one bus bar member to thehousing adjacent the comb structure. A connector assembly incorporating the improvedinterface connector of the invention is also disclosed for interconnecting at least one firstmulti- conductor cable engaged to at least one remote signal station, such as an

individual telephone unit, to a plurality of conductors which are electrically coupled to acentral signal processing system, such as telephone signal equipment.

申请人：BUNKER RAMO CORP THE

代理人：F. M. Arbuckle,J. R. Hoffman

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