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Connector and guide placement member

  • US 20060189211A1
  • Filed: 10/07/2005
  • Published: 08/24/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An placement member for holding together a receptacle connector and a guide member for placement of the receptacle connector and the guide member onto a circuit board, said receptacle connector including a mating face for mating with an opposing plug connector, and said guide member including a shell with a top wall and two side walls that cooperatively define a hollow interior thereof, the placement member comprising:

  • a body portion, the body portion including opposite first and second ends, a protective blade projecting from the body first end, the protective blade being sized to be extend over a portion of a top surface of said receptacle connector received when said placement member is engaged with said receptacle connector, and means for holding said receptacle connector mating face adjacent said body first end; and

    , said body portion including a clip member proximate the body second end, the clip member for engaging and holding said guide member adjacent said body portion second end.

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