Connector Housing With Alignment Guidance Feature
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorsLewis R. Johnson, Steven E. Minich
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Abstract
An electrical connector housing including a contact locating area for locating electrical contacts; and a mating connector area configured to receive portions of a housing of a mating electrical connector. The mating connector area comprises a first wall forming a first area adjacent the contact locating area, and a second wall adjacent the contact locating area forming a second area separated from the contact locating area by the second wall. The first area and the second wall have a substantially same size and shape.
Claims20
An electrical connector housing comprising:
- a contact locating area for locating electrical contacts;
- and
- a mating connector area configured to receive portions of a housing of a mating electrical connector, where the mating connector area comprises a first wall forming a first area adjacent the contact locating area, and a second wall adjacent the contact locating area forming a second area separated from the contact locating area by the second wall,
- where the first area and the second wall have a substantially same size and shape.
An electrical connector housing comprising:
- a contact locating area for locating electrical contacts;
- a mating connector area configured to receive portions of a housing of a mating electrical connector, where the mating connector area comprises a first wall forming a first area adjacent the contact locating area and a second wall forming a second area separated from the contact locating area by the second wall,
- where the first area has an outwardly extending recess into a first corner of the first wall, and where the second wall has a first corner with an outwardly extending projection.
A method comprising:
- inserting a portion of a first connector housing into a first mating connector area of a second connector housing;
- and
- inserting a portion of the second connector housing into a second mating connector area of the first connector housing,
- where the first mating connector area comprises a first wall forming a first area adjacent a first contact locating area of the first connector housing and a second wall forming a second area separated from the first contact locating area by the second wall,
- where the second mating connector area comprises a third wall forming a third area adjacent a second contact locating area of the second connector housing and a fourth wall forming a fourth area separated from the second contact locating area by the fourth wall,
- where the first and second mating connection areas have a substantially same size and shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.