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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Eric David Briant, Dillsburg, PA (US);
James Charles Shiffler, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Melissa Anne Harden, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Bryon Todd Eppley, Marysville, PA (US);
Craig William Clewell, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Eric David Briant, Dillsburg, PA (US);
James Charles Shiffler, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Melissa Anne Harden, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Bryon Todd Eppley, Marysville, PA (US);
Craig William Clewell, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector including a connector housing having opposite mating and loading faces and a mating axis extending therebetween. The connector housing has interior walls that oppose each other with a contact cavity therebetween. The electrical connector also includes a retention insert that is sized and shaped to be advanced through the loading face and positioned within the contact cavity. The retention insert has an outer engagement surface. The electrical connector also includes first and second rows of mating contacts that are separated by the retention insert. The contact cavity has a component-receiving region that exists between the first and second rows of mating contacts and is accessible through the mating face. The mating contacts of the first and second rows are oriented to extend lengthwise along the mating axis and are held between the engagement surface of the retention insert and respective interior walls.