Patent ID: 7297019

Claim:
A connector assembly terminating a one wire or a plurality of discrete wires to a header assembly, the connector assembly comprising: a front housing defining a first set of channels each having at least one passage to accept a separable contact, the front housing detachably connected to a portion of the header assembly having at least a first and a second receptacle, the first receptacle having a second set of channels and the second receptacle having a third set of channels, the second set of channels configured to provide leads to the first set of channels of the front housing of the connector assembly, wherein the second set of channels has (i) a different physical configuration and (ii) a different type of polarization element than the third set of channels; a rear housing operatively connected to the front housing, the rear housing including at least one passage formed therein and in operative association with a respective channel of the front housing, each passage terminating a respective discrete wire; at least one contact disposed at least partially within each channel of the front housing and each corresponding passage of the rear housing; and a visual coding system provided on a surface of one of the front housing and the rear housing, the visual coding system including a unique indicia for each passage of the rear housing.