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Electrical connector assembly with polarization means

  • US 5,885,088 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1997
  • Issued: 03/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:

  • a first connector including an elongated dielectric housing having a receptacle portion with a generally centrally located array of terminals, a conventional DC jack socket nearer one edge of the elongated housing outside one end of the array of terminals and adapted for receiving a conventional DC jack plug, with the DC jack socket including a central contact pin, and a polygonal locating socket nearer an opposite edge of the elongated housing outside an opposite end of the array of terminals, said DC jack socket and polygonal locating socket having a different cross sectional shape; and

    a second connector inserted in the first connector and including an elongated dielectric housing having a plug portion extending outwardly from a front face of the elongated housing, a generally centrally located array of terminals positioned in said plug portion for electrical connection to the terminals of the first connector, the second connector having a locating peg extending outwardly from said front face of the elongated housing nearer one edge of the elongated housing outside one end of the array of terminals and having an outer cross sectional shape adapted for insertion into the DC jack socket of the first connector, the locating peg being generally round and hollow to accommodate the central contact pin of the DC jack socket, and a polygonal locating post extending from said front face of the elongated housing nearer an opposite edge of the elongated housing outside an opposite end of the array of terminals and having an outer cross sectional shape adapted for insertion into the polygonal locating socket of the first connector, the locating peg and locating post extending from the housing a distance further than the plug portion extends.

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