The Whitaker Corporation

Adam Douglas Cunningham

Attalee Snarr Taylor

John W Kaufman

John Edward Knaub

Kevin E Walker

Melissa Ann Sherman

A connector assembly 20 including a housing 26 adapted for mounting to a panel 30 through a cutout 31 in the panel 30. The housing 26 is adapted for sliding engagement with the panel 30 when installed in the cutout 31. A centering mechanism 29 is coupled to the housing 26 and serves to substantially vertically center the housing 26 in the cutout 31 when the connector 20 is unmated with a complementary connector.

Self-centering panel-mounted connector assembly

A connector includes a housing assembly, a backshell and a latch. The housing assembly includes a plurality of contacts having IDC sections for connection to a plurality of discrete electrical conductors. The backshell engages the housing assembly and includes a retention row for urging the discrete electrical conductors into electrical contact with the IDC sections. The backshell grips a cable holding the discrete electrical conductors to provide a strain relief and provides an interior cavity suitable for splaying the discrete electrical conductors to the plurality of IDC sections. The latch is coupled to the housing assembly and is adapted for engagement with a mating connector to retain the housing assembly in engagement with the mating connector.

Docking I/O connector system

An electrical connector assembly for interconnecting a pair of circuit boards in parallel spaced-apart planes comprises first and second connectors. The first connector includes a dielectric first housing having a mating face and an array of first contacts exposed along the mating face. The first housing has a shroud which defines a boundary around the array of first contacts. The shroud has an edge at a height above the mating face and the first contacts are recessed below the edge. The second connector includes a dielectric second housing having a mating face and an array of second contacts exposed along the mating face for mating with the first contacts. The second housing is configured for complementary reception within the boundary of the shroud, wherein the shroud serves to align the first and second housings for mating before engagement of the first and second contacts can occur.

Board-to-board connector assembly

A card reader 20 includes a dielectric housing 22, a plurality of resilient connector elements 70 disposed along the bottom wall 28 of the housing 22 and adapted to establish electrical connection between contact pads 104 of a circuit board 102 and contact pads 96 of a card 90 inserted into a card-receiving slot 40 of the reader 20, a horizontal plate 42 slidably mounted within the housing 22, and an actuator 54 for moving the plate 42. The horizontal plate 42 is proximate the top surface of the housing 22 and is movable upon actuation toward a card 90 inserted into the card receiving slot 40 beneath the plate 42 to exert pressure on and moving the card 90 toward said bottom wall 28 to effect electrical engagement between the contact pads 96 of the card 90 and the resilient connector elements 70 that, in turn, engage the contact pads 104 of the board 102.

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Methuen, MA, United States of America

Adam Douglas Cunningham