EP1437800A4 - Connector for flat cable - Google Patents

Connector for flat cable

Info

Publication number: EP1437800A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: connector; flat cable; cable; flat
Prior art date: 2001-09-26
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.): Granted

Application number

EP01972499A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1437800A1 (en

EP1437800B1 (en

Inventor

Kazuomi Sato

Masahiro Yamauchi

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.)

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd

Original Assignee

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd

NEC Corp

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.)

2001-09-26

Filing date

2001-09-26

Publication date

2006-05-17

2001-09-26 Application filed by Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd, NEC Corp filed Critical Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd

2004-07-14 Publication of EP1437800A1 publication Critical patent/EP1437800A1/en

2006-05-17 Publication of EP1437800A4 publication Critical patent/EP1437800A4/en

2012-08-22 Application granted granted Critical

2012-08-22 Publication of EP1437800B1 publication Critical patent/EP1437800B1/en

2021-09-26 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime 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
- 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
- H01R12/77—Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
- H01R12/771—Details
- H01R12/774—Retainers
- 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
- H01R12/77—Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
- H01R12/771—Details
- H01R12/772—Strain relieving means
- 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
- H01R12/77—Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
- H01R12/78—Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to other flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
- 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
- H01R12/82—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force
- H01R12/85—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force contact pressure producing means, contacts activated after insertion of printed circuits or like structures
- 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
- H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
- H01R13/11—Resilient sockets
- H01R13/112—Resilient sockets forked sockets having two legs
- 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
- H01R13/58—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable
- H01R13/582—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable the cable being clamped between assembled parts of the housing
- H01R13/5825—Means for relieving strain on wire connection, e.g. cord grip, for avoiding loosening of connections between wires and terminals within a coupling device terminating a cable the cable being clamped between assembled parts of the housing the means comprising additional parts captured between housing parts and cable

EP01972499A 2001-09-26 2001-09-26 Connector for flat cable Expired - Lifetime EP1437800B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
PCT/JP2001/008363 WO2003032444A1 (en)	2000-08-22	2001-09-26	Connector for flat cable

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1437800A1 EP1437800A1 (en)	2004-07-14
EP1437800A4 true EP1437800A4 (en)	2006-05-17
EP1437800B1 EP1437800B1 (en)	2012-08-22

Family

ID=32500592

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP01972499A Expired - Lifetime EP1437800B1 (en)	2001-09-26	2001-09-26	Connector for flat cable

Country Status (3)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1437800B1 (en)
CA (1)	CA2462104C (en)
WO (1)	WO2003032444A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

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JP6762329B2 (en) *	2018-02-15	2020-09-30	株式会社オートネットワーク技術研究所	connector

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US5272807A (en) *	1992-05-18	1993-12-28	The Whitaker Corporation	Method of assembling a connector to electrical conductors
US5433632A (en) *	1993-01-29	1995-07-18	Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company	Flexible circuit connector

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2001
- 2001-09-26 CA CA002462104A patent/CA2462104C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2001-09-26 WO PCT/JP2001/008363 patent/WO2003032444A1/en active Application Filing
- 2001-09-26 EP EP01972499A patent/EP1437800B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4880388A (en) *	1988-07-12	1989-11-14	Amp Incorporated	Electrical connector assembly with lead frame
US5272807A (en) *	1992-05-18	1993-12-28	The Whitaker Corporation	Method of assembling a connector to electrical conductors
US5433632A (en) *	1993-01-29	1995-07-18	Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company	Flexible circuit connector

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO03032444A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP1437800A1 (en)	2004-07-14
WO2003032444A1 (en)	2003-04-17
EP1437800B1 (en)	2012-08-22
CA2462104C (en)	2008-08-26
CA2462104A1 (en)	2003-04-17

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