Patent ID: 6398590
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A receptacle connector subassembly for use in connecting a mating plug having axially spaced plug contacts to an electronic component subassembly, the receptacle connector subassembly comprising:a receptacle housing partially insertable into a cavity in the electronic component subassembly, the receptacle housing including a plug passage defined by a curved surface, the plug passage comprising means for receiving a mating plug, and a plurality of slots extending axially along the curved surface at arcuately spaced locations along the plug passage; and a plurality of receptacle contacts, individually positioned within corresponding slots, each receptacle contact having an electronic component mating section adjacent one end of the plug passage and a plug mating section closer to an opposite end of the respective receptacle contact, the plug mating sections of separate receptacle contacts being located at different axial positions in the plug passage so that individual receptacle contacts can each engage aligned ones of the axially spaced plug contacts when the mating plug is inserted into the plug passage of the receptacle housing, so that the mating plug need not be arcuately aligned relative to the individual receptacle contacts.