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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2009
Edward John Bright, Middletown, PA (US);
Michael Frank Cina, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Harold William Kerlin, Port Royal, PA (US);
Edward John Bright, Middletown, PA (US);
Michael Frank Cina, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Harold William Kerlin, Port Royal, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A receptacle connector includes a housing having a front, a rear, and a cavity configured to receive a mating connector through a slot at the front of the housing. A plurality of contacts are loaded into the cavity of the housing through the rear of the housing, and the contacts have channel portions aligned with one another. A retention plug is separately provided from the housing and securely coupled to the rear of the housing. The retention plug is received within the channel portions of the contacts and engages the contacts to hold the contacts within the cavity.