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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2009
Applicant:
Timothy M. Beck, York Haven, PA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy M. Beck, York Haven, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An overmold for an electrical connector is disclosed. The connector includes a connector body that communicates with a device and an overmold that substantially covers the connector body. The overmold includes an outside surface that has a plurality of depressions for receiving a user's hand such that when an insertion force is applied to insert the connector into a receiver of the device, the insertion force is transferred from the depressions to an axis of the connector.