Title: Connector block

Abstract: A connector block having a first slot extending from one face in a direction for receiving the edge of a circuit board, a second slot extending from a second face in a direction opposite to the first slot and past the first slot for receiving a nose with a ribbon cable wrapped around the nose, openings in the body portion between the slots and contact terminals confined within such openings such that insertion of the nose and ribbon cable into the second slot and insertion of the circuit board into the first slot stresses the contacts between the nose and board and forms electrical interconnections therebetween.

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Inventors: Evans, Robert F. (New Cumberland, PA, US)

Application Number: 492731
Filing Date: 1974-07-29
Publication_date: 1976-03-02
Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company (Wilmington, DE)
Primary Class(es): 439/493 439/496, 439/631, 439/634
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US Patent Ref:

3154365	Oct, 1964	Crimmins	339/176.
3218603	Nov, 1965	Sanislo	339/176.
3307139	Feb, 1967	Prise	339/176.
3360767	Dec, 1967	Brown et al.	339/176.
3504330	Mar, 1970	Holzhaeuser	339/17.

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Primary Examiner: Lake, Roy
Assistant Examiner: Abrams, Neil
Attorney: Hooker; Thomas