Abstract:
An insulation displacement contact comprises first and second contact portions each of which comprises a cantilevered split beam. The upper split beam, which receives insulated wires, comprises a pair of tynes which are folded about the axis of a slot separating the tynes such that the internal angle between the tynes is approximately 90°. The width of the tynes is larger than that of prior art devices resulting in increased stiffness and the length of the tynes is sufficiently long to receive two wires therebetween. The contacts are mounted in a housing which includes a plurality of teeth provided with means for retaining lugs on the end of the tynes to ensure bowed opening of the tynes on insertion of a wire. The contacts are arranged along the central axis of the housing such that the folded tynes of alternate contacts extend on opposite sides of the central axis.
Abstract:
An insulation displacement contact (10) comprises first and second contact portions each of which comprises a cantilevered split beam (19). The upper split beam, which receives insulated wires, comprises a pair of tynes (20,22) which are folded about the axis of a slot (25) separating the tynes such that the internal angle between the tynes is approximately 90°. The width of the tynes is larger than that of prior art devices resulting in increased stiffness and the length of the tynes is sufficiently long to receive two wires therebetween. The contacts (10) are mounted in a housing which includes a plurality of teeth (90) provided with means for retaining lugs (32,34) on the end of the tynes to ensure bowed opening of the tynes on insertion of a wire. The contacts are arranged along the central axis (72) of the housing such that the folded tynes of alternate contacts extend on opposite sides of the central axis.
Abstract:
Contact autodénudant comprenant une première et une deuxième partie de contact, dont chacune comporte un profilé en porte-à-faux divisé. Le profilé divisé supérieur recevant les fils isolés comprend une paire de dents pliées autour de l'axe d'une fente séparant lesdites dents de telle sorte que l'angle interne entre celles-ci soit d'environ 90°. La largeur des dents est plus importante que celle qui caractérise les dispositifs de la technqiue antérieure, ce qui entraîne une rigidité accrue et leur longueur est suffisamment importante pour placer deux fils entre elles. Les contacts sont montés dans un boîtier qui comprend plusieurs dents munies d'un moyen destiné à retenir des têtons à l'extrémité des dents de façon à permettre l'ouverture courbée des dents lors de l'indroduction d'un fil. Les fils sont disposés le long de l'axe central du boîtier de telle sorte que les dents pliées de contacts alternés s'étendant sur les côtés opposés de l'axe central.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for rapid interconnection (hot plugging) peripheral device interface circuits to a computer bus is disclosed. The interconnections are completed using three sets of conductors in the sequence: common grounds, power from the bus and data lines. The time period between the interconnections is determined by the relative set back lengths of the conductors from the card edge and allows for stabilization of voltage and establishment of a stable high impedance state for the peripheral device controller circuits before the data lines are interconnected.
Abstract:
A printed circuit card (10) includes a modified finger contact (3) spanning two finger contact positions on its edge connector to momentarily short correspondingly adjacent receptacle contacts of a mating receptacle connector (20) when the printed circuit card (10) is either plugged into or removed from the mating receptacle connector (20).