Multiple contact receptacle for printed circuit boards and the like

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD COMPRISING AN ELONGATED DIELECTRIC BLOCK, AN ELONGATED SLOT IN ONE SIDE OF SAID BLKOCK DISPOSED ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF SPACED OPPOSITE COMPARTMENT DEFINING WALLS WITHIN THE SLOT EXTENDING FROM EACH SIDE THEREOF AND TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE SLOT, A BOTTOM WALL IN THE BLOCK BENEATH THE SLOT, AN OPENING IN THE BOTTOM WALL BETWEEN EACH OF THE OPPOSED COMPARTMENTS, A UNITARY CONTACT MEMBER IN EACH OF THE COMPARTMENTS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE CORRESPONDING OPPENING IN THE BOTTOM WALL, EACH CONTACT COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SHANK AND A LEAF SPRING PORTION ON THE SHANK DISPOSED WITHING ITS BLOCK COMPARTMENT, A DETACHABLE LOCKING BASE FOR THE CONTACTS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED PORTION AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED TONGUES CARRIED BY AND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING FROM THE BASE PORTION, SAID TONGUES BEING RECEIVABLE WITHIN THE SEPARATE BOTTOM WALL OPENINGS RESPECTIVELY, EACH FOR SPACING A PAIR OF CONTACTS AND FOR LOCKING THE CONTACTS WITHIN RESPECTIVE COMPARTMENTS IN THE DIELECTRIC BLOCK.