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US 8,147,268 B2Granted
Mezzanine-type electrical connectors
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorsJoseph B. Shuey, Mark R. Gray, Lewis Robin Johnson
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Abstract
Embodiments of electrical connectors include substantially identical first and second halves. The first and second halves each include insert molded leadframe assemblies that comprise electrical conductors. Each electrical conductor of the first half engages a substantially identical electrical conductor of the second half when the first and second halves are mated.
Claims10
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing including a first half and a second half that is configured to mate with the first half, the first half retaining a first plurality of electrical conductors and defining a first opening disposed adjacent to a first projection of the first half, and the second half retaining a second plurality of electrical conductors and defining a second opening disposed adjacent to a second projection of the second half, wherein the first projection is received in the second opening and the second projection is received in the first opening when the first and second halves are mated to each other so as to electrically connect the first and second pluralities of electrical conductors,
- wherein each of the first and second halves define side walls of equal height on opposed sides of the respective first and second pluralities of electrical conductors and opposed end walls that extend between respective ends of the side walls, and
- wherein the opening of each of the first and second halves extends along an entirety of the length of at least one of the respective walls, and the projection of each of the first and second halves extends along an entirety of the length of at least one of the respective walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.