Claims
- 1. A stackable connector comprising:
- first and second housing members, each of said first and second housing members having a mating face, an opposed rear face and a plurality of contacts extending therebetween in first and second rows, said contacts having a mating portion proximate said mating face and a terminating portion extending beyond said rear face;
- a first terminating cover for securing the first and second housing members together and adapted to terminate conductors of a cable to corresponding ones of the contacts in the first row of contacts in the first and second housing members; and
- a second terminating cover for securing the first and second housing members together and adapted to terminate conductors of a cable to corresponding ones of the contacts in the second row of contacts in the first and second housing members.
- 2. A stackable connector as recited in claim 1 wherein the first terminating cover further comprises means for engaging the second terminating cover.
- 3. A stackable connector as recited in claim 1 wherein the second terminating cover further comprises means for engaging the first terminating cover.
- 4. A stackable connector as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and second housing members are identical.
- 5. A stackable connector as recited in claim 1 further comprising means for shielding.
- 6. A stackable connector as recited in claim 1 wherein the first and terminating covers are identical.
- 7. A stackable connector as recited in claim 6 wherein the first and second terminating covers are hermaphroditic.
- 8. A stackable connector, comprising:
- first and second housing members, each of said first and second housing members having a mating face, an opposed rear face and a plurality of contact receiving passages extending therebetween, with contacts secured therein, said contacts defining an axis, said contacts having a mating portion proximate said mating face, a terminating portion extending beyond said rear face, and extending normal to the axis of said contacts;
- a terminal support block extending from the rear face of each of said housing members to respective rear walls, each of said terminal support blocks having a terminal support block aperture therethrough defining aperture walls;
- a first terminating cover having extending therefrom spaced first and second leg means having respective first and second aperture means adjacent thereto, said first and second aperture means defining respectively first and second wall means, said first leg means adapted to be received in said terminal support block aperture of said first housing member at a predetermination position in an interference fit between a first portion of said first leg means and a first portion of said aperture walls of said first housing member terminal support block aperture, said second leg means adapted to be received in said terminal support block aperture of said second housing member at a pretermination position in an interference fit between a first portion of said second leg means and a first portion of said aperture walls of said second housing member terminal support block aperture; and
- a second terminating cover having extending therefrom spaced third and fourth leg means, said third leg means adapted to be received in said terminal support block aperture of said first housing member from an opposed direction from said first leg means at a pretermination position in an interference fit between a first portion of said third leg means and a second portion of said aperture walls of said first housing member terminal support block aperture, said fourth leg means adapted to be received in said terminal support block aperture of said second housing member from an opposed direction from said second leg means at a pretermination position in an interference fit between a first portion of said fourth leg means and a second portion of said aperture walls of said second housing member terminal support block aperture.
- 9. A stackable connector as recited in claim 8 wherein one of said terminating covers further comprises a recess in a side wall thereof to provide an egress for conductors.
- 10. A stackable connector as recited in claim 8 wherein a cross-section of the first leg means is a chordal section of a circle.
- 11. A stackable connector as recited in claim 10 wherein the chordal section is a semi-circle.
- 12. A stackable connector, comprising:
- first and second housing members, each of said first and second housing members having a mating face, an opposed rear face and a plurality of contact receiving passages extending therebetween, with contacts secured therein, said contacts defining an axis, said contacts having a mating portion proximate said mating face, a terminating portion extending beyond said rear face, and extending normal to the axis of said contacts;
- a terminal support block extending from the rear face of each of said housing members to respective rear walls, each of said terminal support blocks having a terminal support block aperture therethrough defining aperture walls;
- a first terminating cover having extending therefrom spaced first and second leg means having respective first and second aperture means adjacent thereto, said first and second aperture means defining respectively first and second wall means, said first leg means adapted to be received in said terminal support block aperture of said first housing member at a pretermination position in an interference fit between a first portion of said first leg means and a first portion of said aperture walls of said first housing member terminal support block aperture, said second leg means adapted to be received in said terminal support block aperture of said second housing member at a pretermination position in an interference fit between a first portion of said second leg means and a first portion of said aperture walls of said second housing member terminal support block aperture;
- a second terminating cover having extending therefrom spaced third and fourth leg means having respective third and fourth aperture means adjacent thereto, said third leg means adapted to be received in said terminal support block aperture of said first housing member from an opposed direction from said first leg means at a pretermination position in an interference fit between a first portion of said third leg means and a second portion of said aperture walls of said first housing member terminal support block aperture, said fourth leg means adapted to be received in said terminal support block aperture of said second housing member from an opposed direction from said second leg means at a pretermination position in an interference fit between a first portion of said fourth leg means and a second portion of said aperture walls of said second housing member terminal support block aperture;
- said first and third leg means adapted to be secured in said first housing member terminal support block aperture at a termination position with said first leg means extending into said third aperture means and said third leg means extending into said first aperture means, said first leg means received in said third aperture means in an interference fit between a second portion of said first leg means and said second wall means;
- said second and fourth leg means adapted to be secured in said second housing member terminal support block aperture at a termination position with said second leg means extending into said fourth aperture means and said fourth leg means extending said second aperture means, said second leg means received in said fourth aperture means in a interference fit between a second portion of said second leg means and said second wall means, whereby the interference fit that secures the terminating covers in the terminated position is between a wall means and an area of the leg means not previously deformed by the interference fit that retains the terminating covers in the pretermination position.
- 13. A stackable connector as recited in claim 12 wherein the first and second housing members are identical.
- 14. A stackable connector as recited in claim 12 wherein the first terminating cover further comprises a rib on said first wall means extending into said first aperture means, whereby the interference fit that secures the second terminating cover in the termination position is an interference fit between a second portion of said third leg means and the rib.
- 15. A stackable connector as recited in claim 12 further comprising means for shielding.
- 16. A stackable connector as recited in claim 12 further comprising a cable having conductors, the conductors of said cable terminated to corresponding ones of the contacts in both the first and second housing members.
- 17. A stackable connector as recited in claim 12 wherein one of said terminating covers further comprises a recess in a side wall thereof to provide an egress for conductors.
- 18. A stackable connector as recited in claim 12 wherein the first and second terminating covers are identical.
- 19. A stackable connector as recited in claim 18 wherein the first and second terminating covers are hermaphroditic.
- 20. A stackable connector as recited in claim 12 wherein a cross-section of the first leg means is a chordal section of a circle.
- 21. A stackable connector as recited in claim 20 wherein the chordal section is a semi-circle.
- 22. A stackable connector as recited in claim 12 wherein the mating portion of the contents secured in one of said housing members is a receptacle.
- 23. A stackable connector as recited in claim 22 wherein the mating portion of the contacts secured in the other of said housing members is a receptacle.
- 24. A stackable connector as recited in claim 23 wherein the mating portion of the contacts secured in the other of said housing members is a pin.
- 25. A stackable connector as recited in claim 8, wherein said first and second termination covers are adapted to be secured to said first and second housing members at a termination position with said third leg means extending into said first aperture means and said fourth leg means extending into said second aperture means, said third leg means received in said first aperture means in an interference fit between a second portion of said third leg means and said second wall means and said fourth leg means received in said second aperture means in an interference fit between a second portion of said fourth leg means and said second wall means, whereby the interference fit that secures the terminating covers in the terminated position is between a wall means and an area of the leg means not previously deformed by the interference fit that retains the terminating covers in the pretermination position.
- 26. A stackable connector as recited in claim 25 wherein the first terminating cover further comprises a rib on said first wall means extending into said first aperture means, whereby the interference fit that secures the second terminating cover in the termination position is an interference fit between a second portion of said third leg means and the rib.
- 27. A stackable connector as recited in claim 25 further comprising a cable having conductors, the conductors of said cable terminated to corresponding ones of the contacts in both the first and second housing members.
- 28. A stackable connector, comprising:
- first and second housing members, each of said first and second housing members having a mating face and an opposed rear face, with a plurality of contact receiving passages disposed therebetween having contacts secured therein, said contacts defining an axis, said contacts having a mating portion proximate said mating face, and a terminating portion extending beyond said rear face, said terminating portion extending normal to the axis of said contacts;
- a terminal support block extending from the rear face of each of said housing members, each said terminal support block having a pair of spaced apertures therethrough normal to the axis of said contacts, said apertures defining aperture walls;
- a first terminating cover having extending normally thereof spaced first leg means and spaced second leg means, said first and second leg means having respective first and second aperture means adjacent thereto, said first and second aperture means defining respectively first and second wall means, said first leg means adapted to be received in said pair of apertures of said first housing member at a pretermination position with at least one of said first leg means in an interference fit between a first portion of said at least one first leg means and a first portion of said aperture walls of a respective one of said pair of apertures of said first housing member, said second leg means adapted to be received in said first of apertures of said second housing member at a pretermination position with at least one of said second leg means in an interference fit between a first portion of said at least one second leg means and a first portion of said aperture walls of a respective one of said pair of apertures of said second housing member; and
- a second terminating cover having spaced third leg means and spaced fourth leg means extending normally thereof, said third leg means adapted to be received in said pair of apertures of said first housing member from an opposed direction from said first leg means, said fourth leg means adapted to be received in said pair of apertures of said second housing members from an opposed direction from said second leg means, said third leg means adapted to be received in said pair of apertures of said first housing member at a pretermination position with at least one of said third leg means in an interference fit between a first portion of said at least one third leg means and a second portion of said aperture walls of a respective one of said pair of apertures of said first housing member, said fourth leg means adapted to be received in said pair of apertures of said second housing member at a pretermination position with at least one of said fourth leg means in an interference fit between a first portion of said at least one fourth leg means and a second portion of said aperture walls of a respective one of said pair of apertures of said second housing member.
- 29. A stackable connector as recited in claim 27, wherein said third leg means are adapted to be secured in said apertures of said first housing member at a termination position with at least one of said third leg means extending into a respective one of said first aperture means in an interference fit between a second portion of said third leg means and respective first wall means, said fourth leg means are adapted to be secured in said pair of apertures of said second housing member at a termination position with at least one of said fourth leg means extending into a respective one of said second aperture means in an interference fit between a second portion of said fourth leg means and respective second wall means.
Parent Case Info
This application is a Continuation of Application Ser. No. 07/333,071 filed Mar. 31, 1989, now abandoned.
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