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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Matthew Richard Mcalonis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Craig Allen Clingan, Dover, PA (US);
Dustin Belack, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Thomas Gregory Gartlan, Anville, PA (US);
Matthew Richard McAlonis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Craig Allen Clingan, Dover, PA (US);
Dustin Belack, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Thomas Gregory Gartlan, Anville, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A header connector includes socket contacts having a socket portion extending along a longitudinal axis that defines a reception area configured to receive a mating contact. A housing extends along a central axis between mating and mounting ends and has contact channels open between the mating and mounting ends that receive the socket contacts. The housing has a primary plane and a secondary plane with the contact channels being arranged symmetrically about the primary plane and the secondary plane such that the housing is configured to be mated with a receptacle connector in a first orientation and a second orientation different than the first orientation.