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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2017
Te Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Kyle Gary Annis, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Keith Edwin Miller, Manheim, PA (US);
Kevin Michael Thackston, York, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a shell and a contact organizer received in the shell including contact channels each having an open side between a front and a rear of the contact organizer. The contact organizer has locating shoulders in corresponding contact channels and securing detents extending into corresponding contact channels. Contacts are terminated to cables and are received in contact channels through the open sides. Each contact has a flange engaging the corresponding locating shoulder to hold an axial position of the contact within the contact channel. Each contact has an exterior surface engaging the corresponding securing detent to retain the contact in the contact channel by resisting removal through the open side.