| 摘要 |
An electrical connector (10) provides mechanical coupling and electrical contact between the multiple wires (12) of a flat cable assembly (14) and multiple electrically conductive pads (18) of a printed circuit board (16). The electrical connector includes a substantially rigid electrically nonconductive spacing element (30) having first and second opposed side margins (32 and 34) that include respective comb-like portions (35a and 35b) shaped in alternating tabs (36) and slots (40). The slots and tabs are adapted to respectively receive and hold in spaced-apart relation the wires of the flat cable assembly. A resilient material (42) that is electrically conductive in directions only substantially parallel to a conduction axis (44) is secured between the substrate and the spaced-apart wires held by the spacing element. The resilient material provides multiple separate electrically conductive pathways between the wires and the conductive pads. An alternative electrical connector (90) includes a support element (92) having multiple spaced-apart tongues (98) that fit into grooves (118) in a support block (93). Channels (104) in the leading edges (102) of the tongues guide the wires of the flat cable assembly into the support block, which secures the wires in place and has in the bottom thereof openings (124) through which the wires protrude for electrical contact with the printed circuit board.
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