Electrical connector

- KEL Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a top view of an electrical connector according to a first embodiment showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the connector according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the connector according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the connector according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged, right side view of the connector according to the first embodiment, the opposite side being a mirror image;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along 6--6 in FIG. 2 of the connector according to the first embodiment, with exposed signal contacts shown in elevation;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along 7--7 in FIG. 2 of the connector according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a top view of the connector according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the connector according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the connector according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a rear view of the connector according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged right side view of the connector according to the second embodiment, the opposite side being a mirror image; and,

FIG. 13 is an enlarged sectional view along 13--13 in FIG. 9 of the connector according to the second embodiment, with exposed contacts shown in elevation.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D318650 July 30, 1991 Matsuzaki
D379620 June 3, 1997 Aramaki
5044988 September 3, 1991 Hirayama
5104326 April 14, 1992 Smith et al.
5692912 December 2, 1997 Nelson et al.
Patent History
Patent number: D413576
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 28, 1998
Date of Patent: Sep 7, 1999
Assignee: KEL Corporation (Tokyo)
Inventors: Yasuhiro Ono (Kanagawa), Shinichi Ikemoto (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Joel Sincavage
Attorney: Robert W. J. Usher
Application Number: 0/87,174
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Linear Array Of Identical Repeating Ports Or Contacts (i.e., In-line Array) (D13/147)
International Classification: 1303;