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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1997
Earl William McCleerey, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Michael Albert Viselli, Vancouver, WA (US);
Timothy Lee Kocher, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Michael Chung-Ta Chiang, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Navin Kanjibhai Patel, Hummelstown, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector (20) having a cover (70) pivotally secured thereto includes a housing (22) having a base (42), opposed side walls (26), and end walls (32), together defining a terminal receiving cavity (68) and a plurality of terminals (90) disposed in at least two rows therein. The cover (70) includes a hinge receiving slot (76) extending along a common one of its elongate sides (72) and inwardly from each end thereof. The cover (70) is secured to the housing (22) by a pair of hinges (78) with a base (80) of each hinge retained within in a respective one of the cover slots (76) and the leading end (84) of a leg (82) of each hinge (78) pivotally mounted proximate a middle position of a respective one of the housing end walls (32) adjacent an entrance to the cavity (68). When the cover (70) is in its open position, the cover 70 can be rotated about the hinge bases (80) so that it is adjacent either one of the housing side walls (26) as desired thereby allowing access to a row of terminals (90) proximate the other side wall (26).