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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1996
Gary Cain Bethurum, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
ITT Industries, Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
A connector system includes a receptacle that is small and assures precise alignment of mating contacts and terminals. The receptacle includes a circuit board (32) with a laterally-extending row of traces (42), and a receptacle housing (36) with a top wall (44) lying above the traces to form a cavity (16) between them. A plug front portion has a row of contacts (60) for entering the cavity and engaging the traces. The top wall has a row of cam surfaces (120) while the plug contacts have front portions with cam follower locations (112) that slide down along the cam surfaces. This causes trace-engaging locations (114) on the contacts to move down against the traces. The top wall has a row of downwardly-projecting ribs (72) that form the cam surfaces. The plug housing (62) has a row of separators that fit into the spaces between the ribs. The plug has a coax section (230) that includes a pair of laterally-spaced grounded contacts (246, 248), a signal contact (260) with its front portion (262) lying between the grounded contacts, and a grounded tine (264) that lies under the signal contact.