公开(公告)号：US20210273357A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17252414

申请日：2019-06-17

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： KokHoe Lee ,  Saujit Bandhu ,  Rao L. Vittapalli ,  Chin Hua Lim ,  YunLong Qiao

IPC: H01R12/70 ,  H01R12/72

Abstract: A connector that is configured to mate with different mating connectors by virtue of having different removably assembled interchangeable front housing portions includes a rear housing portion that includes a plurality of rear contacts. When the connector is to mate with a particular mating connector, a particular front housing portion of the connector that corresponds to the particular mating connector is selected from a plurality of available different front housing portions. The particular front housing portion is removably assembled to the rear housing portion, so that a plurality of front contacts of the particular front housing portion makes solderless physical and electrical contact with the plurality of rear contacts of the rear housing portion. The plurality of front contacts of the front housing portion are adapted to mate with corresponding contacts of the particular mating connector.