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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Eerik J. Helmick, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector support assembly is configured to securely retain a mating connector during an assembling process of an electrical connector. The connector support assembly may include a universal base including an insert channel, and a plurality of inserts configured to be interchangeably retained within the insert channel. Each of the inserts includes a base connection interface having a common shape and size that is configured to be retained by the base within the insert channel, and at least one shell connection interface. The shell connection interface(s) of at least two of the inserts differ in one or both of size and shape and are configured to retain different sized shells of different mating connectors.