US 11,757,221 B2
Electrical connector having contact modules
Chad William Morgan, Carney's Point, NJ (US); John Joseph Consoli, Harrisburg, PA (US); and Justin Dennis Pickel, Hummelstown, PA (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,803.
Prior Publication US 2023/0137275 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 12/75 (2011.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 24/28 (2011.01); H01R 13/73 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 24/20 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/727 (2013.01) [H01R 12/7047 (2013.01); H01R 12/75 (2013.01); H01R 13/6315 (2013.01); H01R 13/73 (2013.01); H01R 24/20 (2013.01); H01R 24/28 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
a connector housing having a mating end at a front of the connector housing configured to be mated with a mating electrical connector, the connector housing including a contact module chamber;
a stack of contact modules received in the contact module chamber, each contact module including a module body holding a plurality of contacts, the contacts having mating ends at the mating end of the connector housing for mating with the mating electrical connector; and
contact module biasing members between the contact modules and the connector housing to forward bias the contact modules relative to the connector housing in the contact module chamber, wherein the contact module biasing members are compressible to allow the contact modules to move independent from each other relative to the connector housing in the contact module chamber when mated with the mating electrical connector, wherein the contact modules include a first contact module and a second contact module, the module body of the first contact module configured to be located a first distance from the front of the connector housing, the module body of the second contact module configured to be located a second distance from the front of the connector housing different than the first distance.