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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
May. 02, 2018
Connector system with receptacle and plug connectors having complimentary angled connector platforms
Te Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Keith Edwin Miller, Manheim, PA (US);
Kevin Michael Thackston, York, PA (US);
Robert Neil Mulfinger, York Haven, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector system includes a receptacle connector having a receptacle housing including a cavity accessible through a front opening and a top opening. The receptacle connector has a receptacle connector platform supporting receptacle contacts being angled. The connector system includes a first plug connector received in the cavity through the front opening including a plug housing holding plug conductors. The plug housing has a plug connector platform having a mating interface with the plug conductors exposed at the mating interface. The plug connector platform is angled at a complementary angle to the receptacle connector platform for mating the plug conductors with the receptacle contacts.