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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Darrell Lynn Wertz, York, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corp., Wilimington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/364 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/364 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector ( ) having an array of terminals ( ) disposed in respective terminal receiving passageways ( ) therein and a programmable keying member ( ) disposed into a key receiving opening ( ) extending into the mating face ( ) among the array of terminal receiving passageways ( ). The key receiving opening ( ) is configured to receive the keying member ( ) in any of a plurality of orientations. The keying member ( ) further may include other terminals ( ) disposed in terminals receiving passageways ( ) of the keying member ( ).