A portion of the disclosure of this design patent document contains material to which a claim of copyright protection is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the United States Patent and Trademark Office file or records, but reserves all other copyrights.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a connector, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a top view of a connector, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a connector, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view, i.e., distal end view, of a connector, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of a connector, in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an opposing side view of a connector, in accordance with the present invention; and,

FIG. 7 is a front view, i.e., opposing distal end view, of a connector, in accordance with the present invention.

Broken lines shown in any of the foregoing figures represent the environment only and do not constitute any part of the invention.

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a connector, as shown and described.

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D514523-S	S1	7 Feb 2006	3 Sep 2004	granted	Connector

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TW	TW-D115446-S1	S1	11 Feb 2007	3 Mar 2005	published	Connector body

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