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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Jonathan E. Buck, Hershey, PA (US);
Donald K. Harper, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Lee William Potteiger, Lewisberry, PA (US);
John M. Spickler, Columbia, PA (US);
Jonathan E. Buck, Hershey, PA (US);
Donald K. Harper, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Lee William Potteiger, Lewisberry, PA (US);
John M. Spickler, Columbia, PA (US);
FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Carson City, NV (US);
Abstract
Electrical connectors of the present invention include alignment guides that provide rough connector alignment, vary an electrical contact mating wipe distance, and provide partial separation between two mating electrical connectors. The alignment guides can be, for example, electrically insulative posts that are received in silos formed in the housings of the electrical connectors.