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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Albert Tsang, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Matthew Richard McAlonis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Chong Hun Yi, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Kyle Gary Annis, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Kevin Michael Thackston, York, PA (US);
Dustin Carson Belack, Hummelstown, PA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
Configurable guide hardware is provided for aligning two associated connectors that are mounted on different circuit cards. The guide hardware includes a guide receptacle that is mounted to one of the circuit cards. The guide receptacle includes a housing that defines a channel and a keyway ring that is held in the channel. The guide receptacle is configured to receive a pin of a guide plug in the channel through a central opening of the keyway ring. The keyway ring includes a receptacle keying feature along an inner perimeter. The keyway ring is selectively positionable to locate the receptacle keying feature in multiple pre-defined angular orientations relative to the housing. The pin of the guide plug may also be selectively positionable in multiple pre-defined angular orientations.