Connector adapted for hermaphroditic construction
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulating housing and electrical contacts in the housing, wherein the contacts are on a blade portion that extends toward a front of the housing, the blade portion is beside a finger receiving recess adapted to receive a guide finger of another duplicate housing, and a guide finger is beside the blade portion to register in a finger receiving recess of another duplicate housing, the housing including a pair of openings extending through a body portion remote from the housing front for receipt of pins having shanks of smaller diameter than said openings and extending to leading ends adapted to be fastened to a panel thus enabling float mounting of the housing to the panel, such that said guide finger is receivable into a corresponding said finger receiving recess of said another housing and bears against bearing surfaces thereof to adjust the position of said housing incrementally laterally to precisely align said housing with said another housing.
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An electrical connector (2) comprising: an insulating housing (3) a mating face (9) extending laterally and rearward of a front mating end (6), electrical contacts (4) along the mating face (9), the mating face (9) laterally overlapping a mating face (9) on a mating connector (2), and opposing fingers (7) on the two connectors (2) that press against each other to bias the mating faces (9) laterally toward each other during mating.
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulating housing and electrical contacts in the housing, wherein the contacts are on a blade portion that extends toward a front of the housing, the blade portion is beside a finger receiving recess adapted to receive a guide finger of another duplicate housing, and a guide finger is beside the blade portion to register in a finger receiving recess of another duplicate housing, the housing including a pair of openings extending through a body portion remote from the housing front for receipt of pins having shanks of smaller diameter than said openings and extending to leading ends adapted to be fastened to a panel thus enabling float mounting of the housing to the panel, such that said guide finger is receivable into a corresponding said finger receiving recess of said another housing and bears against bearing surfaces thereof to adjust the position of said housing incrementally laterally to precisely align said housing with said another housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A connector assembly comprising:
a pair of low profile insulating housings, having a low profile between opposed base surfaces orthogonal to mating ends thereof, thin blade portions extending to the mating ends on the housings, mating faces on first sides of the blade portions extending laterally and rearward of the mating ends, electrical contacts on the housings extending along the mating faces, the mating faces laterally overlap to engage said contacts laterally side to side with one another, and each housing including at least one thin finger laterally of the blade portion thereof extending to the mating end and a low height finger-receiving recess extending to the mating end along each said at least one finger adjacent the blade portion, whereby a low profile connector assembly is defined wherein the blade portions of the pair of housing overlap each other and each said at least one finger overlaps a finger of the other connector upon receipt into the low height finger-receiving recess. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulating housing, a mating end on the housing, a mating face on the housing extending laterally and rearward of the mating end, electrical contacts on the housing extending along the mating face, the mating face laterally overlapping a mating face on another insulating housing of another electrical connector to engage said contacts laterally side to side with additional contacts on said another insulating housing of said another electrical connector, at least one finger on said housing, the finger on said housing extending toward another finger on said another electrical connector, and the fingers laterally overlapping each other when said mating faces laterally overlap and on Opposite sides from those on which the mating faces overlap such that the connectors straddle each other. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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