Flat cable connector

Claim 1

A MULTI-CONTACT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING FLAT CABLE, SAID FLAT CABLE HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF CONDUCTORS CONSISTING OF THIN FLAT PARALLEL METALLIC RIBBONS EMBEDDED IN AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF A THIN, FLEXIBLE SHEATH OF INSULATING MATERIAL, HAVING A PORTION OF THE INSULATING MATERIAL ADJACENT THE TERMINAL REMOVED EXPOSING THE METALLIC RIBBONS; SAID MULTI-CONTACT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING A RELATIVELY FLAT, THIN MAIN BODY MEMBER, SAID BODY MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST TWO RECEPTACLES FOR RECEIVING THE TERMINAL ENDS OF SAID FLAT CABLE, AN INNER PORTION OF EACH OF SAID RECEPTACLES DISPOSED IN A SPACED, OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP; A PLURALITY OF HOUSING CAVITIES FORMED WITHIN SAID BODY MEMBER AND POSITIONED ADJACENT A SINGLE EXPOSED METALLIC RIBBON OF EACH FLAT CABLE, AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT SECURED WITHIN EACH HOUSING CAVITY, EACH OF SAID ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTS BEING FORMED OF A COMPRESSIBLE RESILIENT METAL MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE IN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTACT WITH A SINGLE METALLIC RIBBON OF EACH OF SAID FLAT CABLES INSERTED INTO SAID RECEPTACLES, WHEREBY THE ELECTRICAL CONTACT WILL FORM AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN PAIRS OF SAID FLAT CABLE, AND THE MECHANICAL CONTACT ACTING UNDER FORCE FROM THE COMPRESSIBLE RESILIENT METAL WILL SERVE AS A FRICTION LOCK TO SECURE EACH FLAT CABLE WITHIN THE CONNECTOR RECEPTACLES.