Patent ID: 6132240
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A printed wiring board assembly for use with a connector having a plurality of elongated conductive terminals each having first and second ends along a longitudinal axis of said each terminal, and a substantially planar insulative base holding said plurality of terminals in a parallel spaced array with the axes of the terminals orthogonal to the base, and with the first ends of all of the terminals extending outwardly from a first side of the base, the assembly comprising:a printed wiring board having a plurality of openings arranged in an array corresponding to the array of the plurality of terminals and a plurality of conductive traces each extending from a respective opening toward a first end of the board;a ribbon cable having a plurality of conductive wires encased in an insulative flexible cover, the wires each being connected on a first side of the board to a respective one of the conductive traces; anda cable retainer at a second end of the board;wherein the board is placed over the connector with the first ends of the terminals extending through respective ones of the board openings and with the first side of the board facing the connector base, the cable is wrapped around the first end of the board and disposed over the first ends of the terminals extending through the board openings beyond the second side of the board, and the cable is installed in the cable retainer.