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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeru Isohata, Machida, JP;
Hisayoshi Wakamatsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439681 ; 439680 ;
Abstract
A connector (C1) includes a housing (10) and a pair of terminals (T1) adapted to interconnect to a pair of wires (W1, W2) to electrically connect with terminals (33, 35) of a connector (R1); wherein the connector has a key (20) that is movably latchable in the housing in one of two positions in accordance with the orientation of the wires as terminated to terminals (T1) to form an appropriate connector orientation relative to a keyway and the mating connector and assure proper mating of connectors and wires, despite random orientation of wires as terminated.