Patent ID: 6302745
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A programmable key receiving member for an electrical connector, the connector including a housing with a mating face and an assembly face and an aperture, the aperture extending between the mating face and the assembly face and having a plurality of detents spaced circumferentially therearound, said member comprising:a body having first and second opposed sides and a key receiving slot, the slot extending into said body from the first side and adapted to receive a key of a mating connector; anda plurality of compliant beams extending from said second body side away from said first body side, at least one of said beams including a locking protrusion extending radially outward therefrom and configured to be received in detents upon full insertion of said member into said aperture;whereby upon inserting said key receiving member into said housing aperture from said mating face, said beams are compressed inwardly, said beams resiling outwardly upon full insertion into said aperture and said locking protrusion being received in one of said detents thereby defining a first position, said key receiving member being rotatable while remaining fully inserted in said housing aperture until said locking protrusion is received in a second one of said plurality of detents.