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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Kimberly Anne Debock, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Robert Charles Flaig, Lancaster, PA (US);
Graham Harry Smith, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Kimberly Anne DeBock, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Robert Charles Flaig, Lancaster, PA (US);
Graham Harry Smith, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a connector housing having at least one contact cavity and an interchange port. A power contact is held by the connector housing within the contact cavity. The power contact is configured to conduct electrical power. An interchangeable signal module is separably mounted to the connector housing such that at least a portion of the signal module is held within the interchange port of the connector housing. The signal module includes an insulator holding a signal contact that is configured to conduct electrical data signals.