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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
May. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven Minich, Carlisle, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439620 ;
Abstract
A modular connector includes a housing 1 having at least one plug receiving cavity 2. An edge connector 3 is disposed in the housing 1 and makes electrical connection to a receiving printed circuit board through solder tails 7. A printed circuit board 4 has electrical circuitry 16 and is received by the edge connector 3. Terminals 8 are held in the plug receiving cavity 2 of the housing 1 by a retainer 9. Ends of the terminals 8 distal from a mating side 50 of the connector make resilient contact to area contacts 6 on printed circuit board 4.