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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2013
Applicant:

Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01R 24/62 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/648 (2013.01); H01R 13/6581 (2013.01); H01R 24/62 (2013.01);
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.


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