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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1995
Daniel T Casey, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Brent D Yohn, Newport, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly for a heating unit (10) on an aircraft sensor or indicator (or other product application) includes a plug ring (16) having an annular periphery (72) provided with a plurality of circumferentially-spaced plug contacts (40), and a receptacle ring (17) having an annular periphery (42) provided with a corresponding plurality of circumferentially-spaced receptacle contacts (27) receiving the plug contacts (40) on the plug ring (16). The receptacle ring (17) has a pair of adjacent segments each having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced receptacle contacts (27), such that the plug contacts (40) on the plug ring (16) may be received in either plurality of receptacle contacts (27) on the receptacle ring (17).