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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
May. 30, 1997
Steven Lee Flickinger, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Lawrence Se-Jun Oh, Myerstown, PA (US);
Lori Ann Mayer, Harrisburg, PA (US);
James Francis McIntire, Boring, OR (US);
Hans Arie Blom, Portland, OR (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector which comprises a circular shell (20) in which a dielectric housing (44) having rows of electrical contacts (50) mounted therein is to be positioned, the electrical contacts including receptacle sections (52), matable electrical contacts (63, 81) having contact sections for matable engagement with the receptacle sections (52) and terminating sections for electrical connection to electrical conductors (54) of a cable (12), and dielectric contact-mounting members (67, 85, 87, 89) on which the matable electrical contacts (63, 81) are mounted whereby the matable electrical contacts are arranged in rows so that the contact sections of the matable electrical contacts (63, 81) of each row are electrically connected with the respective receptacle sections (52) of the electrical contacts (50) in the corresponding row of electrical contacts in the dielectric housing (44).