Bussing construction for printed circuit connectors

Claim 2

A connector having an upwardly opening socket and seating a plurality of contacts within said socket to engage electrically contacts of a circuit card inserted into said socket, said connector being adapted for mounting to a panel member with the circuit card disposed on one side of the panel surface, said connector having the improvement comprising A. a resilient end clip on said connector exteriorly of said connector socket at one end thereof for seatably receiving a bus conductor and mounting it in replaceably removable manner with said connector, said end clip having a bus contact bowed at a midportion in a direction away from said connector socket, so that when said connector is arranged in end-to-end abutment with another connector having a similar end clip, the opposed bowed bus contacts of said connector end clips can receive and electrically engage a common bus bar interposed between them and between said adjacent ends of said connectors, B. a bus conductor mountingly received in said clip and disposed thereby on said one side of said panel surface and extending transverse to said connector socket and electrically engaged with said bus contact of said clip, and C. conductor means mounted to said connector and connecting electrically, by way of said bus contact, said bus bar mounted with said end clip to a selected contact seated within said socket.

Claim 3

A connector having an upwardly opening socket and seating a plurality of contacts within said socket to engage electrically contacts of a circuit card inserted into said socket, said connector being adapted for mounting to a panel member with the circuit card disposed on one side of the panel surface, said connector having the improvement comprising A. a resilient end clip on said connector exterior of said connector socket at one end thereof for seatably receiving a bus conductor and mounting it in replaceably removable manner with said connector, B. a bus conductor mountingly received in said clip and disposed thereby on said one side of said panel surface and extending transverse to said connector socket, and C. conductor means mounted to said connector and connecting electrically said bus bar mounted with said end clip to a selected contact seated within said socket, said conductor means being formed integrally with said selected socket contact and joined thereto to a connecting segment, the free ends of said conductor means and of said selected contact extending in substantially parallel directions from said connecting segment in a U-shaped configuration with said free end of said selected contact extending downwardly into said socket, and said connecting segment extending horizontally beyond the end of said connector with said free end of said conductor means protruding downwardly from said connecting segment exteriorly of said connector socket.

Claim 4

A connector having an upwardly opening socket and seating a plurality of contacts within said socket to engage electrically contacts of a circuit card inserted into said socket, said connector being adapted for mounting to a panel member with the circuit card disposed on one side of the panel surface, said connector having the improvement comprising A. a resilient end clip on said connector exterior of said connector socket at one end thereof for seatably receiving a bus conductor and mounting it in replaceably removable manner with said connector, B. a bus conductor mountingly received in said clip and disposed thereby on said one side of said panel surface and extending transverse to said connector socket, and C. conductor means mounted to said connector and connecting electrically said bus bar mounted with said end clip to a selected contact seated within said socket, said conductor means being formed integrally with said selected socket contact and joined thereto to a connecting segment, the free ends of said conductor means and of said selected contact extending in substantially parallel directions from said connecting segment in a U-shaped configuration with said free end of said selected contact extending downwardly into said socket, and said connecting segment extending horizontally beyond the end of said connector with said free end of said conductor means protruding downwardly from said connecting segment exteriorly of said connector socket.

Claim 5

forming a conductor-seating first recess facing in the same direction as said socket and longitudinally extending transverse to said socket elongation and across the width of said connector body, B. an elongated bus conductor seated in said first recess and mountingly disposed thereby on said one side of said surface and extending transverse to said connector socket, C. means forming a slot-like conductor-seating second recess in said connector body, said second recess

Claim 6

forming a conductor-seating first recess facing in the same direction as said socket and longitudinally extending transverse to said socket elongation and across the width of said connector body, B. an elongated bus conductor seated in said first recess and mountingly disposed thereby on said one side of said surface and extending transverse to said connector socket, C. means forming a slot-like conductor-seating second recess in said connector body, said second recess

Claim 7

longitudinally extending parallel to said socket with first contacts between said socket and said second recess, and

Claim 8

longitudinally extending parallel to said socket with first contacts between said socket and said second recess, and

Claim 9

opening at one end thereof into said first recess, D. a distribution conductor seatingly disposed in said second recess and in electrically-connecting engagement with said bus conductor, and E. at least one distribution contact seated in said connector body in lieu of a first contact and in line with other first contacts and in electrical contact with said distribution conductor for providing electrical connection between said distribution conductor and an edge contact of said printed circuit structure.

Claim 10

opening at one end thereof into said first recess, D. a distribution conductor seatingly disposed in said second recess and in electrically-connecting engagement with said bus conductor, and E. at least one distribution contact seated in said connector body in lieu of a first contact and in line with other first contacts and in electrical contact with said distribution conductor for providing electrical connection between said distribution conductor and an edge contact of said printed circuit structure.

Claim 11

A connector as defiNed in claim 2 wherein said end clip has a substantially U-shaped portion disposed exteriorly of said connector socket for seatably receiving therein said bus conductor.

Claim 12

A connector as defined in claim 2 further comprising means securing said downwardly extending socket contact to said connector.

Claim 13

A connector as defined in claim 2 wherein said downwardly extending end of said socket contact is bifurcated to define diverging locking tines, said tines being resilient to be urged together and pass through a constricting slot formed in the bottom wall of said connector socket and said tines further engaging the external side of said bottom wall thereby to secure said socket contact to said connector and preclude removal upwardly outward from said socket.

Claim 14

A connector as defined in claim 2 having the further improvement wherein said connector normally seats first contacts aligned along said socket in electrical isolation from said conductor means, and said selected contact is seated in said socket in lieu of a first contact and in line with other first contacts.

Claim 15

In an array of plural connectors, each of which has a socket along and within which is seated a plurality of contacts for engaging contacts of a printed circuit board received in the socket, an improved bussing structure comprising A. panel means mounting said connectors in an end-to-end and row-to-row array in which the opposed ends of two adjacent rows of connectors define an aisle between them, B. an end clip on at least one end of each connector and disposed exteriorly of said socket therein, and cooperating with an identical, opposed end clip on the adjacent end of another connector to mountingly engage between said opposed end clips a bus bar inserted between said adjacent ends of said connectors, C. distribution conductor means on each connector connecting electrically said bus bar engaged with said end clip thereon and at least one contact disposed in the socket of that connector D. whereby a single bus bar extending along said aisle provides a common bus bar to all of the connectors in said adjacent rows.

Claim 16

In an array of plural connectors, each of which has a socket along and within which is seated a plurality of contacts for engaging contacts of a printed circuit board received in the socket, an improved bussing structure comprising A. panel means mounting said connectors in an end-to-end and row-to-row array in which the opposed ends of two adjacent rows of connectors define an aisle between them, B. an end clip on at least one end of each connector and disposed exteriorly of said socket therein, and cooperating with an identical, opposed end clip on the adjacent end of another connector to mountingly engage between said opposed end clips a bus bar inserted between said adjacent ends of said connectors, C. distribution conductor means on each connector connecting electrically said bus bar engaged with said end clip thereon and at least one contact disposed in the socket of that connector D. whereby a single bus bar extending along said aisle provides a common bus bar to all of the connectors in said adjacent rows.

Claim 17

In electrical connector apparatus for printed circuit structures having electrical edge contacts, and having a connector with an electrically-insulating body recessed with a longitudinal socket and for mounting on a panel with said socket facing from one side of said panel, and the connector having first contacts seated in said body along said socket for providing electrical connection between wire wrap terminals on the contacts exposed on the other side of the panel and said edge contacts, the improvement comprising A. first means on said connector for mountingly attaching a bus conductor thereto disposed outside and longitudinally beyond said socket and on said one side of said panel, B. an elongated electrical bus conductor extending transverse to said longitudinal dimension of said socket on said one side of said panel and engaged with said first means for mounting attachment to said connector, C. second means on said connector for carrying a distribution conductor therewith disposed outside and longitudinal to said socket on said one side of said panel, D. means forming an elongated distribution conductor mountingly-engaged with said second means and electrically connected with said bus conductor and extending therefrom longitudinal to said socket insulated from said first contacts, and E. means forming at least one distribution contact seated on said connector along said socket in-line with said first contacts and in electrical contact with said distribution conductor for providing electrical connection between said distribution conductor and an edge contact of said printed circuit structure.

Claim 18

In electrical connector apparatus for printed circuit structures having electrical edge contacts, and having a connector with an electrically-insulating body recessed with a longitudinal socket and for mounting on a panel with said socket facing from one side of said panel, and the connector having first contacts seated in said body along said socket for providing electrical connection between wire wrap terminals on the contacts exposed on the other side of the panel and said edge contacts, the improvement comprising A. first means on said connector for mountingly attaching a bus conductor thereto disposed outside and longitudinally beyond said socket and on said one side of said panel, B. an elongated electrical bus conductor extending transverse to said longitudinal dimension of said socket on said one side of said panel and engaged with said first means for mounting attachment to said connector, C. second means on said connector for carrying a distribution conductor therewith disposed outside and longitudinal to said socket on said one side of said panel, D. means forming an elongated distribution conductor mountingly-engaged with said second means and electrically connected with said bus conductor and extending therefrom longitudinal to said socket insulated from said first contacts, and E. means forming at least one distribution contact seated on said connector along said socket in-line with said first contacts and in electrical contact with said distribution conductor for providing electrical connection between said distribution conductor and an edge contact of said printed circuit structure.

Claim 19

In connector apparatus as defined in claim 8, the further improvement wherein A. said distribution conductor extends longitudinally past, and is electrically insulated from, a plurality of said first contacTs seated along said socket, and B. said distribution contact is a separate element from said distribution conductor and is seated in said socket in lieu of one said first contact.

Claim 20

In electrical apparatus as defined in claim 8, the further improvement wherein A. said first means forms a bus conductor-seating recess in said connector body opening in the same direction as said socket and extending through the width dimension of said receptacle body, and B. said second means forms an elongated distribution conductor-seating recess in said connector body opening in the same direction as said socket and longitudinally extending from said recess of said first means coextensive with said socket.

Claim 21

In electrical connector apparatus for printed circuit structures having electrical edge contacts, and having a connector with an electrically-insulating body recessed with a longitudinal socket and for mounting at a reference surface with said socket facing from one side of said surface, and the connector having first contacts seated in said body along said socket for providing electrical connection between wire wrap terminals on the contacts exposed on the other side of said surface and said edge contacts, the improvement comprising A. means forming a conductor-seating slip on said connector, said clip

Claim 22

In electrical connector apparatus for printed circuit structures having electrical edge contacts, and having a connector with an electrically-insulating body recessed with a longitudinal socket and for mounting at a reference surface with said socket facing from one side of said surface, and the connector having first contacts seated in said body along said socket for providing electrical connection between wire wrap terminals on the contacts exposed on the other side of said surface and said edge contacts, the improvement comprising A. means forming a conductor-seating slip on said connector, said clip