Patent ID: 9548562
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11B,H01R

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first connector comprising a first guide pin insertable into a first guide socket of a first mating connector and blocked from being inserted into a second guide socket of a second mating connector, wherein the second guide socket comprises a different shape than the first guide socket; and a second connector comprising a second guide pin having a different shape than the first guide pin, wherein the second guide pin is insertable into the first guide socket of the first mating connector and insertable into the second guide socket of the second mating connector, wherein a shape of an outer surface of the first guide pin substantially conforms to a shape of an inner surface of the first guide socket, and a shape of an outer surface of the second guide pin comprises a shape that is common with a portion of the first guide pin and that conforms to a portion of the shape of the inner surface of the first guide socket and wherein the portion of the shape of the inner surface of the first guide socket that conforms to the first guide pin is shaped to maintain the second guide pin in position as the second guide pin is inserted into the first guide socket substantially without movement in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion of the second guide pin.