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1. A connector for joining two electrical harnesses, each of the harnesses being formed from a flexible printed circuit board including a plurality of conductive tracks, and each of the harnesses having a substantially planar terminating region at which the conductive tracks of the harness fan out, wherein one or more receiving holes are formed in each terminating region to extend to respective conductive tracks, and each of the one or more receiving holes extends in a direction substantially perpendicularly to a plane of the respective substantially planar terminating region, the connector including:
a connection formation, wherein the connection formation, in use, is sandwiched between respective terminating regions of the two electrical harnesses, the connection formation having one or more pins arranged so that one end of each of the one or more pins enters one of the one or more receiving holes of one of the terminating regions and the other end of the pin enters one of the one or more receiving holes of the other of the terminating regions to electrically connect the respective conductive tracks; and a housing configured to hold the respective terminating regions of the two electrical harnesses in face-to-face relationship with the connection formation sandwiched therebetween, the housing having one or more apertures through which the harnesses can exit the housing as each of the harnesses extends away from the terminating region of the harness, wherein: the connection formation has a substantially planar retaining body that holds the one or more pins in fixed positions relative thereto, the ends of each of the one or more pins projecting from opposing sides of the body. |
