Patent ID: 7871286
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A flat multi-conductor cable connector comprising: a main body comprising a plurality of flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves of an arc-shaped cross section formed in a face to extend parallel to each other in sidewardly adjacent relation to receive parallel conductors of a flat-multi-conductor cable; and a back plate matable with said main body comprising a plurality of flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves of an arc-shaped cross section formed in a face facing the main body to extend parallel to each other in sidewardly adjacent relation and arranged symmetrically to the flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves of the main body in opposing relation when said main body and said back plate are mated together, a right face and a wrong face of a flat multi-conductor cable being respectively held in the flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves of the main body and the flat-multi-conductor cable holding grooves of the back plate, so that the flat multi-conductor cable is sandwiched between the main body and the back plate for electric connection between intended conductors of the flat multi-conductor cable and an electrical device mounted on an upper face of the main body, each said conductor of said flat-multi-conductor cable being confined between a respective one of said flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves of said main body and an opposing one of said flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves of said back plate, said electrical device having a plurality of cable-piercing electrical contacts which each electrically connect to a respective one of said conductors when said main body and said back plate are mated together; wherein the number of flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves of the main body and the back plate is at least one or more greater than the number of the conductors of the flat multi-conductor cable wherein said flat-multi-conductor cable is positionable within said flat-multi-conductor cable holding grooves in a selected one of a plurality of sidewardly adjacent cable positions, further comprising a plurality of protrusions in middle portions of alternate flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves of the flat-multi-conductor cable holding grooves, except the two endmost grooves, of the back plate, so as to block the alternate flat-multi-conductor-cable holding grooves wherein separated end portions of said flat-multi-conductor cable holding grooves are separated from each other on opposite sides of said middle portions, each of said electrical contacts being longitudinally aligned with a respective one of said projections in a respective one of said flat-multi-conductor cable holding grooves.