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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2010
Charles Randall Malstron, Lebanon, PA (US);
Charles David Fry, New Bloomfield, PA (US);
Keith James Mckechnie, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Terry Patrick Bowen, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Henry Otto Herrmann, Jr., Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Charles Randall Malstron, Lebanon, PA (US);
Charles David Fry, New Bloomfield, PA (US);
Keith James McKechnie, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Terry Patrick Bowen, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Henry Otto Herrmann, Jr., Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A receptacle assembly includes a housing having a front mating face and receptacles configured to receive plugs therein through the front mating face, where the plugs have connectivity pins attached thereto. The receptacle module includes connectivity sensor areas associated with the receptacles, where each connectivity sensor area is positioned adjacent the corresponding receptacle. Each connectivity sensor area has a first connectivity sensor and a second connectivity sensor that is electrically isolated from the first connectivity sensor when the plug is disconnected from the receptacle. Both the first and second connectivity sensors are configured to be engaged by different connectivity pins of the plug when the plug is received in the corresponding receptacle to form a sense circuit.