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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1995
Craig Bixler, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Richard A Nelson, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a forwardly projecting mating portion. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing with contact portions in a side-by-side array and exposed on the forwardly projecting mating portion for engagement by the contacts of the appropriate complementary mating connector. The forwardly projecting mating portion includes a section thereof extending rearwardly over the forward end of at least one but not all of the contact portions of the terminals such that the at least one contact portion is engageable by a respective one of the contacts of the mating connector after engagement of the other contact portions by their respective contacts.