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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1994
Daniel T Casey, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Terry R Chubb, Mt. Joy, PA (US);
Craig W Wert, Shermans Dale, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A mating connector assembly 10, 100 defining an ultra-low profile mating interface, with plug and receptacle connectors 10 and 100 mounted on opposed adjacent surfaces of panels 12, 102 slidably movable along each other. Plug connector 10 including a pair of spring arm contact members 14, 16 affixed to an end portion of a first flexible film circuit element 22 and extending from a housing 50. Receptacle connector 100 includes a transverse second flexible film circuit element 122 traversing a contact-receiving cavity 116 of second housing 130, with contact pads engaged by contact surfaces 42, 44 of contact members 14, 16 upon connector mating.