Patent ID: 9553404
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A guide pin for a connector assembly comprising: a guide pin body extending along a pin axis, the guide pin body having a stem extending between a root and a tip, the root having threads configured to be threadably coupled to a support frame of the connector assembly, the tip being pointed to provide a lead-in with an end of the tip being less than half of a diameter of the stem of the guide pin body to guide the guide pin body into a mounting block, the stem having slots extending parallel to the pin axis from the tip to an intermediate position along the guide pin body remote from the tip, the slots have a bottom wall and side walls generally perpendicular to the bottom wall, the bottom wall being recessed below an outer perimeter of the guide pin body, wherein the slots are configured to receive ribs of a driver tool used to rotate the guide pin body to threadably couple the root to the support frame.