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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2014
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Kyle Gary Annis, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Matthew Richard McAlonis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Mitchell Kunane Storry, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Richard Barry Crawford, Battle, GB;
Mark Roy Dowsett, Coventry, GB;
Gareth Leslie Bannister, Eastbourne, GB;
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A panel-mountable header connector includes conductors and a housing. The housing holds the conductors in a cavity of the housing. The housing has a front end and a rear end. The housing has a latch set and a stop feature which define a panel mounting zone therebetween. The panel mounting zone is configured to align with an opening in a panel when the housing is mounted to the panel. The latch set is configured to engage a front side of the panel, and the stop feature is configured to engage a rear side of the panel to retain the panel in the panel mounting zone. At least one of the latch set or the stop feature is stepped such that a width of the panel mounting zone is variable to accommodate the panel having one of multiple thicknesses.