Electrical connector with contacts at different insertion depths
First Claim
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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Abstract
An electric connector (1) comprises, an insulating housing (3), and contacts (7) in respective contact receiving cavities (8). The contacts (7) have respective marker surfaces (18) that align with respect to marker surfaces (21, 23) located in the staggered positions on the housing (3) to position at least one of the contacts (7) farther from a mating end (2) of the housing (3) than another of the contacts (7 ). The contacts (7) are to be inserted by engaging a straight surface of an insertion tool against their marker surfaces (18) and then impelling them along the cavities (8) until the marker surfaces (18) are aligned with respect to selected one or the other of the marker surfaces (21,23). The marker surfaces (21,23) can also serve to limit travel of the insertion tool. The contacts after such insertion are positioned in staggered rows and are retained by engagement of barbs (17) with walls of the cavities.
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7 Claims
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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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