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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2013
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Kevin Michael Thackston, York, PA (US);
Dustin Carson Belack, III, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Chong Hun Yi, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Albert Tsang, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Matthew Richard McAlonis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Nicholas Paul Ruffini, York, PA (US);
Keith Edwin Miller, Manheim, PA (US);
Scott Eric Walton, Mount Joy, PA (US);
James Showers, Stewartstown, PA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is provided for terminating a plurality of electrical conductors. The electrical connector includes a terminal subassembly having terminals configured to be electrically connected to the electrical conductors. The terminal subassembly has an insulator holding the terminals. The terminal subassembly has a mating interface where mating surfaces of the terminals mate with a mating connector. The mating interface of the terminal subassembly is approximately flat. The electrical connector also includes a metal shell holding the terminal subassembly. The metal shell has the cross-sectional shape of an oval.