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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Noboru Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Sai, Kanagawa, JP;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a relatively compact electrical connector which is equipped with a resilient latching mechanism ( ) on one side of a housing ( ), and which accommodates a plurality of different types of electrical contacts inside the housing. The housing ( ) of the electrical connector ( ) has relatively-small first cavities ( ) which accommodate electrical contacts ( ) that have contact lances ( ), and relatively-large second cavities ( ) which have housing lances ( ) used to latch electrical contacts ( ). Mold-release apertures ( ) used to form the housing lances ( ) are located inside rigid walls ( ) that protect the resilient latching arm ( ) from both sides and mold-release apertures ( ) used to form latching shoulders ( ) are located in another side of the housing opposite the one side of the housing.