Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation
Patent
1988-08-25
1989-09-19
Desmond, Eugene F.
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation
439744, H01R 13426, H01R 13428
Patent
active
048677124
ABSTRACT:
There is provided a new connector having an insulated housing formed with chamber means defined by an upper wall and a lower wall, a terminal adapted to be locked in said chamber means, opening means formed in said upper and lower walls to provide communication with said chamber means and insertion pin means to be inserted into said opening means for additional lock of said terminal with the chamber means. The improvement comprises an engaging portion formed in said terminal; provisional and main catch means provided in edges of said opening means in the upper and lower walls; provisional locking means and main locking means formed in a longitudinally spaced-apart relationship in said insertion pin means, said providional and main catch means and said provisional and main locking means cooperating such that said insertion pin means takes a provisional engagement position and a full engagement position; and an abutment provided in said insertion pin means intermediate said provisional and main locking means, said abutment being kept away from said chamber means in said provisional engagement position to allow the terminal to move axially within said chamber means, said abutment being adpated to be positioned rearwardly of said engaging portion of said terminal when pressed into said full engagement position after the terminal is fully inserted to be locked in said chamber means.
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Kato Tetsuo
Ohta Yukio
Sueyoshi Tadahiro
Tsuji Masanori
Desmond Eugene F.
Yazaki -Corporation
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