Claims
- 1. In combination, a first printed wiring board and a second printed wiring board, each printed wiring board including at least one terminal, and a low insertion force arrangement for establishing a connection between said printed wiring boards, said arrangement comprising:
- at least one connection spring, said spring including first and second contacts, first and second pivot points and an actuator engaging area, each of said contacts engageably positioned relative to a corresponding one of said terminals;
- first and second fulcrums positioned to engage said spring at said first and said second pivot points; and
- an actuator including at least one sloping ramp positioned proximate to said actuator engaging area, said ramp engaging said engaging area when said actuator is linearly positioned to a first actuator position relative to said spring to pivot said spring about said fulcrums at said pivot points, to a first spring position and thereby causing said contacts to engage with said respective terminals, and said ramp disengaging said engaging area when said actuator is linearly positioned to a second actuator position relative to said spring to pivot said spring to a second spring position and thereby causing said contacts to disengage from said respective terminals.
- 2. An arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein: said arrangement includes a plurality of said connection springs and a connector body including at least two printed wiring board receiving cavities and a plurality of connection spring receiving cavities, said printed wiring boards each positioned within a respective one of said printed wiring board receiving cavities, said connection springs each positioned within an associated one of said connector body spring receiving cavities, said printed wiring board receiving cavities being positioned at an angle to each other, and said actuator including means to sequentially pivot said connection springs.
- 3. An arrangement as claimed in claim 2, wherein: said actuator includes at least one side surface extending at an angle from said sloping ramp, said side surface engaging said actuator engaging area of each of said plurality of connection springs when said connection springs are pivoted to said first position to maintain said springs so pivoted.
- 4. An arrangement as claimed in claim 3, wherein: said actuator includes a pair of said sloping ramps.
- 5. An arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein: said actuator includes a pair of said side surfaces engaging corresponding ones of said plurality of connection springs actuator engaging areas.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 527,638, filed Aug. 29, 1983 and issued Mar. 19, 1985 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,505,527.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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