Electrical connector

An electrical connector comprising: a housing of suitable dielectric material and having a longitudinal slot extending therethrough from a top surface to a base surface and thereby defining a pair of facing surfaces and a pair of base surfaces, each of said facing and base surfaces having elongated receiving means thereon; elongated coil spring means positioned in said elongated receiving means; and flexible printed circuit film strips having spaced apart rows of contact pads on a front surface, said strips attached to said housing and extending over at least a portion of respective facing and base surfaces with said rows of contact pads facing and biased outwardly by said spring means.

An electrical connector comprising: a non-conductive housing having a longitudinal slot extending therethrough, said slot being between a pair of facing surfaces and opening out between a pair of base surfaces with said facing surfaces being perpendicular to said base surfaces, said housing further having longitudinally extending grooves in said facing and base surfaces; elongated coil spring means positioned in said grooves; and a pair of flexible printed circuit film strips having a plurality of rows of contact pads extending longitudinally on a front surface, said film strips being attached to said housing and extending over said springs in said grooves in respective facing and base surfaces with said coil spring means being behind and biasing respective rows of contact pads outwardly.

An electrical connector, comprising: a non-conductive housing having a longitudinal slot extending therethrough and thereby defining a pair of laterally facing surfaces and a pair of outwardly facing base surfaces, said housing further having longitudinal receiving means in said facing and base surfaces; and a pair of sub-units comprising flexible printed circuit film strips with rows of contact pads on a front surface and elongated coil spring means on a back surface with each spring means being in registration with a respective row of contact pads, each sub-units being removably attached to said housing on a respective side of said slot and extending over at least a portion of said facing and base surfaces with said elongated spring means being received in said longitudinal receiving means.

An electrical connector comprising: a pair of half housings of a suitable dielectric material with each having a lateral surface and, perpendicular thereto, a base surface, and further having grooves extending longitudinally along said lateral and base surfaces; coil springs disposed in said grooves; flexible printed circuit film strips having spaced apart longitudinal rows of contact pads on a front surface, said strips attached to respective half housings and extending over said coil springs in said grooves in said lateral and base surfaces with said coil springs biasing said rows of contact pads outwardly; and joining means joining said half housings together with said lateral surfaces spaced from and facing each other and said base surfaces facing outwardly in the same direction.

An electrical connector, comprising: a pair of non-conductive half housings with each having a lateral surface and, perpendicular thereto, a base surface and further having grooves extending longitudinally along respective lateral and base surfaces; a pair of sub-units comprising flexible printed circuit film strips and a plurality of coil springs, said film strips having a plurality of rows of contact pads on a front surface and said coil springs attached to a back surface behind respective rows of contact pads, said sub-units attached to respective half housings with said rows of contact pads facing outwardly and said coil springs disposed in said grooves in said lateral and base surfaces; and end blocks for joining said half housings together with said lateral surfaces spaced from and facing each other and with said base surfaces being coplanar.