Electrical connector assembly
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsMichael Percherke, Richard Wayne Grzybowski, Michael Allen Blanchfield
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Abstract
A receptacle for an electrical connector assembly is provided and includes a housing having a contact retention portion for holding an electrical contact. The contact retention portion includes a connector face for engaging a plug assembly and a side proximate to the connector face. The receptacle also includes a guide post that is located adjacent to the side and extends along the side toward the connector face. The guide post includes a base and a tip. The guide post also has a curved contour and a planar side that extend from the base to the tip.
Claims20
A receptacle for an electrical connector assembly, the receptacle comprising:
- a housing comprising opposite first and second housing sides and a contact retention portion for holding an electrical contact, the contact retention portion extending between the first and second housing sides and including a connector face for engaging a plug assembly;
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- first and second guide posts located adjacent to and extending along, respectively, the first and second housing sides, each of the first and second guide posts comprising a base and a tip and having a curved contour and a planar side that extend from the base to the tip, wherein the planar sides of the first and second guide posts substantially oppose each other across the connector face, wherein the curved contour of each guide post includes a portion that is substantially dome-shaped such that a diameter of the corresponding guide post measured along the planar side of the dome-shaped portion reduces in a non-linear manner as the corresponding guide post extends from the base to the tip, and wherein cross-sections of the first and second guide posts form substantially truncated circles.
An electrical connector component comprising:
- a housing comprising a contact retention portion for one of holding and receiving an electrical contact, the contact retention portion including a connector face for engaging a first electrical component and a housing side proximate to the connector face;
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- a mounting structure extending outward from and along the housing side, the mounting structure having a side surface that faces away from the housing side such that the housing side and the side surface face in a common direction, the mounting structure comprising a fastener passage and a latch cavity that extend into the mounting structure in substantially parallel directions, the fastener passage opening to the side surface such that fastener passage is exposed through the side surface, wherein the fastener passage is configured to receive a fastener for mounting to a surface of a second electrical component and the latch cavity is configured to receive a latch member for mounting to the surface of the second electrical component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.