Patent ID: 6168475
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly comprising: a male connector defining at least two cavities divided by a partition, each cavity having a header contact assembled therein, at least one of the at least two cavities having a chamfered corner; a female connector forming sleeve members corresponding to said cavities of said male connector, each sleeve member receiving a receptacle contact therein, at least one of the sleeve members having a chamfered corner corresponding to said chamfered corner of said male connector, said at least one sleeve member mechanically engaging with said corresponding cavity when said male and female connectors are mated; and anti-disorientation means arranged between said male and female connectors for preventing an erroneously upside-down mating of the male connector and the female connector, said anti-disorientation means including a protrusion formed on an outer wall of at least one of said sleeve members of said female connector and a recess defined in an inner wall of at least one of said cavities of said male connector corresponding to said protrusion.