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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2008
Keith Edwin Miller, Manheim, PA (US);
William David Irwin, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Lawrence John Brekosky, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Keith Edwin Miller, Manheim, PA (US);
William David Irwin, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Lawrence John Brekosky, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector having a mechanical mating cycle limitation that renders the connector inoperable after a predetermined number of mating cycles is disclosed. The electrical connector includes a rotating component that rotates within the connector for the predetermined number of mating cycles until the rotating component is prohibited from further rotation, which prevents the connector from further mating, thereby rendering the connector inoperable.