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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2004
Seamus Doyle, Wexford, IE;
Colm Conlon, Co. Clare, IE;
Francis Duggan, Clare, IE;
Eugene Folan, Galway, IE;
John Rochford, Clare, IE;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly is provided for mating with a complementary second connector. The assembly includes a housing mounting a terminal module for movement relative to the housing between a projecting position and a retracted position. The terminal module includes a dielectrical module body having a front mating end which projects from the housing and a rear mounting end which mounts the terminal module in the housing for movement between said positions. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the module body and include front flexible contact ends projecting from the front mating end of the module body for engaging appropriate terminal contacts of the complementary second connector. When the second connector is mated with the connector assembly, the contacts of the second connector engage the front flexible contact ends of the terminals and move the terminal module from its projecting position to its retracted position.