Angular contact connector

Claim 1

A CONNECTOR FOR FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLE OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SPACED APART STRIP CONDUCTORS WITHIN A SUPPORTING BODY OF FLEXIBLE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL, COMPRISING: A HOUSING INCLUDING A FRONT SURFACE AND A CAVITY EXTENDING INWARDLY THEREFROM FOR LONGITUDINALLY RECEIVING A FLAT FLEXIBLE CABLE IN FIXED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING; SAID CAVITY INCLUDING TWO SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED APART CABLE SUPPORTING SURFACES FOR RECEIVING SAID FLAT CABLE THEREBETWEEN; A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART GROOVES PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CABLE IN EACH SAID SUPPORTING SURFACE, THE GROOVES IN EACH SAID SURFACE BEING DISPOSED OPPOSITE THE SPACES BETWEEN GROOVES IN THE OTHER SAID SURFACE; A BASE SURFACE IN EACH SAID GROOVE; A PLURALITY OF CONTACT ELEMENTS FORMED OF RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE STRIP MATERIAL EACH DISPOSED IN PART IN CONTACT WITH THE BASE SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID GROOVES AND IN PART EXTENDING ANGULARLY THEREFROM AND INWARDLY INTO SAID CAVITY; MEANS ON SAID HOUSING FOR FIXEDLY SECURING THERETO A PORTION OF EACH SAID CONTACT ELEMENT PART DISPOSED IN SAID GROOVES; EACH SAID ANGULARLY AND INWARDLY EXTENDING CONTACT PART HAVING A FREE ENDS BEARING AGAINST THE CABLE SUPPORTING SURFACE OPPOSITE THE GROOVE CONTAINING SAID CONTACT, AND ADAPTED TO FLEX INWARDLY AND AWAY THEREFROM; A SHARPENED EDGE ON EACH SAID FREE END ADAPTED TO PENETRATE THE DIELECTRIC JACKET OF A CABLE INSERTED INTO SAID CAVITY BETWEEN SAID SHARPENED EDGE AND SAID CABLE SUPPORT SURFACE, IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID CABLE IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO INSERTION.