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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tisha Mikhaili Mingo, Trenton, NJ (US);
Randy Thomas Matthews, Yadkinville, NC (US);
Galen M. Martin, Camp Hill, PA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
Electrical connector assembly including a connector housing having a front end and a receiving cavity that opens to the front end. The receiving cavity is configured to receive a mating connector therein that is inserted into the receiving cavity along a central axis. The electrical connector assembly also includes a contact array of electrical contacts that is disposed within the receiving cavity. The electrical contacts have elongated bodies that extend generally parallel to the central axis through the receiving cavity. The electrical connector assembly also includes a movable guard that is configured to be slidably held by the contact array within the receiving cavity. The movable guard includes a dielectric sheet that extends transverse to the central axis and has an array of thru-holes. Inner edges of the thru-holes engage corresponding electrical contacts to slidably hold the movable guard at a forward position within the receiving cavity.