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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2008
Roland Tristan DE Blieck, ET Oss, NL;
Gert Droesbeke, Geel, BE;
Thierry Goossens, Herdersem-Aalst, BE;
Peter Poorter, Wijk en Aalburg, NL;
Roland Tristan De Blieck, ET Oss, NL;
Gert Droesbeke, Geel, BE;
Thierry Goossens, Herdersem-Aalst, BE;
Peter Poorter, Wijk en Aalburg, NL;
FCI, Guyancourt, FR;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a connector, having a rear side and a mating side and including a housing having at least one contact receiving space and at least one non-contact receiving space, the spaces extending in a direction from the mating side towards the rear side. The non-contact receiving space is adapted for receiving a portion of a mating connector housing and has a substantially rounded cross sectional shape substantially perpendicular to the direction from the mating side towards the rear side.