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Electrical connector with contacts at different insertion depths

  • US 5,586,915 A
  • Filed: 12/20/1994
  • Issued: 12/24/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical connector comprising:

  • multiple electrical contacts extending axially along respective contact receiving cavities in an insulating housing upon insertion of said contacts thereinto from an insertion face toward a mating end of the housing, wherein at least two transverse marker surfaces on the housing are positioned at different depths along an axis of the housing and exposed to said insertion face to be engageable by insertion tooling to limit travel thereof during contact insertion, and wherein each of said electrical contacts is provided with at least one respective tool-engageable transverse marker surface that is, upon contact insertion, in coplanar nonabutting relationship with respect to selected one of the housing marker surfaces depending upon the desired depth of insertion of the contact into the housing.

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