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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Michael O'Sullivan, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes an elongated dielectric housing having a central body portion with a front face, a rear face and at least three rows of terminal-receiving passages extending therebetween and including a top row, a middle row and a bottom row. A plurality of terminals are received in the passages and include top terminals received in at least some of the passages in the top row, middle terminals received in at least some of the passages in the middle row and bottom terminals received in at least some of the passages in the bottom row. All of the terminals have forward contact portions and tail portions projecting rearwardly from the body portion beyond the rear face thereof. The tail portions of the middle terminals are longer than the tail portions of the top terminals. A wire management platform projects from the rear face of the central body portion and includes a first top surface at which the tail portions of the top terminals are juxtaposed. A second top surface of the platform is offset from the first top surface and projects further from the rear face of the body portion than the first top surface and at which the longer tail portions of the middle terminals are juxtaposed. The platform includes a bottom surface at which the tail portions of the bottom terminals are juxtaposed.