Molex Corporation

Shinichirou Maruyama

Hiroshi Ikesugi

A vacuum placement member for use with the pneumatic transfer of electrical connectors in which the connectors have housings formed from two opposite longitudinal walls includes a flat cover plate and pairs of resilient legs connected to edges of the cover plate to engage the connector body longitudinal walls. The legs include main legs and an auxiliary legs descending downwardly from the cover plate and spaced apart from each other to form an intervening space therebetween for receiving and sandwiching the longitudinal walls of the connector body therebetween. The connector body longitudinal walls are thereby supported against the force applied thereto by the cover member and inward deformation of the connector body longitudinal walls is substantially prevented.

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Ayase, Japan

Shinichirou Maruyama