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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1999
David Michael Wiebking, Kernersville, NC (US);
Scott C Scholl, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Don K Willis, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Victor E Slack, Lewisville, NC (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing having a front face and a cavity which is open through the front face for receiving a mating electrical connector. The housing has a terminal support shelf and a wall which is spaced from the terminal support shelf to define a slot between the terminal support shelf and the wall. The slot extends in a longitudinal direction from an upstream end which is open through a rear of the housing to a downstream end which is open to the cavity. The slot has a laterally extending width. The housing carries terminals which extend longitudinally through the slot and which are arranged side-by-side along the width of the slot. The terminals are initially attached to a carrier strip. The terminals are inserted into the slot from the upstream end with the carrier strip leading the terminals through the slot and emerging from the downstream end of the slot, and the carrier strip is removed from the terminals after the terminals are installed in the housing.