Electrical connector housing alignment feature
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorRobert E. Marshall
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Abstract
An electrical connector receptacle housing is provided that includes protrusions in the housing's contact assembly receiving area. The location of each protrusion corresponds to a location of a well formed in a contact assembly between dual beams of ground contacts. When the contact block is received in the housing, each protrusion is received in a corresponding well. The protrusions may be sized to provide a snug fit as the contact block is received in the receptacle housing. The protrusions thus help minimize the movement of the contact block.
Claims28
A receptacle housing for an electrical connector for receiving a complementary electrical connector having a complementary contact, the receptacle housing comprising:
- a contact assembly receiving area adapted to receive a contact assembly in only one orientation, the contact assembly comprising a contact block having a contact extending therethrough, wherein the contact defines a first beam and a second beam and wherein the contact block defines a well disposed between the first and second beams of the contact, such that when the complementary electrical connector is received, the complementary contact is received between the first beam and the second beam and within the well;
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- a protrusion extending from the contact assembly receiving area, the protrusion being adapted to be received into the well.
An electrical connector for receiving a complementary electrical connector having a complementary contact, the electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- a contact block received in the housing;
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- a ground contact that defines a first beam and a second beam for receiving the complementary contact between the first beam and the second beam, the ground contact extending through the contact block, wherein the contact block defines a well disposed between the first and second beams of the ground contact for receiving the complementary contact in the well, wherein the housing defines a protrusion that is received in the well such that the housing is adapted to receive the contact block in only one orientation.
An electrical connector for receiving a complementary electrical connector having a complementary contact, the electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing defining a contact assembly receiving area, the housing comprising a first protrusion extending from the contact assembly receiving area;
- a contact assembly received in the contact assembly receiving area;
- wherein the contact assembly comprises a contact block having a first contact extending therethrough, wherein the first contact defines a first beam and a second beam, wherein the contact block defines a first well disposed between the first and second beams of the first contact, such that when the complementary electrical connector is received, the complementary contact is received between the first beam and the second beam and within the first well;
- and wherein the first protrusion is received in the first well.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a plug connector comprising a plug housing and a plurality of plug contacts received in the plug housing;
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- a receptacle connector removably connectable to the plug connector, the receptacle connector comprising a receptacle housing, the receptacle housing comprising:
- a contact assembly receiving area adapted to receive a contact assembly in only one orientation, the contact assembly comprising a contact block having a contact extending therethrough, wherein the contact defines a first beam and a second beam and wherein the contact block defines a well disposed between the first and second beams of the contact, such that when the complementary electrical connector is received, the complementary contact is received between the first beam and the second beam and within the well;
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- a protrusion extending from the contact assembly receiving area, the protrusion being adapted to be received into the well.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.