Tyco Electronics Corporation

Craig Allen Clingan

Matthew Richard McAlonis

Dustin Carson Belack

Thomas Gregory Gartlan

A header connector includes socket contacts having a socket portion extending along a longitudinal axis that defines a reception area configured to receive a mating contact. A housing extends along a central axis between mating and mounting ends and has contact channels open between the mating and mounting ends that receive the socket contacts. The housing has a primary plane and a secondary plane with the contact channels being arranged symmetrically about the primary plane and the secondary plane such that the housing is configured to be mated with a receptacle connector in a first orientation and a second orientation different than the first orientation.

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Dover, PA, United States of America

Craig Allen Clingan