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US 2014/0193996 A1Published application
Electrical connector plug with key to avoid contact damage
AssigneeCardioinsight Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWilliam A. Walters, Larry M. Crofoot
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Abstract
Uniquely positioned slots are provided in the receptacle and uniquely positioned bosses are provided in the plug of a connector pair. These features are designed to prevent the plug from being inserted midspan and damaging the exposed contacts of the receptacle. The bosses may be located near outside corners of the plug, and may protrude sufficiently from the face of the plug to prevent the corners of the plug from being inserted into the receptacle, except when the bosses are aligned with the boss-receiving slots in the receptacle.
Claims19
A device comprising:
- a receptacle connector;
- and
- a plug that mates with the receptacle connector by insertion of an insert portion of the plug into an opening of the receptacle connector;
- wherein the receptacle connector has a pair of boss-receiving slots at opposite ends of the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.