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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2022
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Randall Robert Henry, Lebanon, PA (US);
Brandon Michael Matthews, McAlisterville, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A plug connector includes a plug housing including a mating end and a cable end perpendicular to the mating end. The contact assembly includes an array of contacts each having a mating end and a terminating end. The contacts are right-angle contacts terminated to an end of a conductor of a cable. The plug connector includes a latch coupled to the plug housing. The latch includes a main body and a latch member extending from the main body. The main body has an actuator is configured to actuate the latch. The latch member includes a securing base coupled to the plug housing to secure the latch to the plug housing. The latch member includes a latching tab configured to be latchably coupled to the mating connector to secure the plug connector to the mating connector.