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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle connector having a housing defining a mating receptacle. A dielectric wafer is mounted in the housing. A plurality of terminal pins are mounted through the wafer with mating ends of the pins projecting from one side of the wafer into the mating receptacle and connector ends of the pins projecting from an opposite side of the wafer. A plurality of discrete first connector modules are mounted on the housing for termination to selected ones of the connector ends of the terminal pins. A plug connector includes a shell defining a mating plug for insertion into the mating receptacle of the receptacle connector. A plurality of discrete second connector modules are mounted on the shell for termination to selected ones of the mating ends of the terminal pins when the plug connector is mated with the receptacle connector.