Patent ID: 6409550
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Ganged planar face connectors comprising;a first module, a first plurality of connector elements having planar face contact surfaces, said first plurality of connector elements arrayed in said first module, a second module, a second plurality of connector elements having planar face contact surfaces, said second plurality of connector elements arrayed in said second module in the same array as the said first plurality of connector elements in said first module, a slide located in one of said modules, said plurality of connector elements of said one of said modules located in said slide, said slide having a plurality of aligning holes, and a plurality of aligning pins situated on the other of said modules, said plurality of aligning pins positioned for entering said aligning holes and translating said slide to insure proper alignment of said pluralities of connector elements when said modules are mated, said first plurality of connectors of said first module contacting said second plurality of connectors of said second module on a one-for-one basis upon mating of said modules, thereby defining a plane of contact.