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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Robert Neil Whiteman, Jr, Middletown, PA (US);
Robert Wayne Walker, Harrisburg, PA (US);
James Philip Moser, Steelton, PA (US);
Earl William McCleerey, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Keith Scott Koegel, Plainfield, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector (10) terminating a multi-wire cable (56) and adapted for mating contact with another such connector of identical construction. The connector comprises a plurality of hermaphroditic contact members (12) retained within a housing (14,16). The housing includes channels (52) for holding the wires (54) of the cable and the contact members further have insulation displacing contact portions (36) adapted to engage respective ones of the wires. The housing is formed of two parts with a latching mechanism (58,60, 62,64).