Claims
- 1. In combination, a first printed wiring board including a plurality of terminals, and low insertion force arrangement for establishing a connection to said printed wiring board, said arrangement comprising:
- a plurality of connection springs, each spring including a contact, a first and a second pivot point, a connection spring terminal, and an actuator engaging areas, one of said pivot points located between said contact and said actuator engaging area, said contact engageably positioned relative to a corresponding one of said printed wiring board terminals and said connection spring terminal permitting connection to external points;
- a first and second fulcrum each positioned to engage each of said springs at a corresponding one of said pivot points;
- an actuator located proximate to each of said springs at said actuator engaging area, said actuator positioned in a first position relative to said spring to pivot said spring and engage said contact with said printed wiring board terminal, and positioned in a second position relative to said spring to pivot said spring and disengage said contact from said printed wiring board terminal; and
- a connector body including a printed wiring board receiving cavity and a plurality of spring receiving cavities, said printed wiring board positioned within said printed wiring board receiving cavity and said connection springs positioned within corresponding ones of said spring receiving cavities.
- 2. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein: said actuator includes means to sequentially pivot said connection springs.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 527,637, filed Aug. 29, 1983 and issued Mar. 12, 1985 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,504,101.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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