Connector position assurance apparatus

Details Connector position assurance apparatus Connector position assurance apparatus

2006-12-06

2008-10-07

Abrams, Neil (Department: 2839)

Electrical connectors

With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...

Retaining means

C439S489000, C439S948000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07431605

ABSTRACT:
A connector position assurance apparatus includes a header part, an electrically-conductive element connected to the header part and a connector part. As the connector part is received by an interior connector-receiving chamber of the header part, a pair of polarity tabs contact an electrical contact portion of the electrically-conductive element causing the electrical contact portion to move from a relaxed state to a stressed state while a latch member slides onto and over a catch projecting from the header part causing the latch member to pivotably move from a relaxed condition to a flexed condition and then back to the relaxed condition again when a catch-receiving chamber formed in the latch member receives the catch thereby releasably locking the connector part and the header part together while the pair of polarity tabs retain the electrical contact portion in the stressed state. Movement of the contact portion to the stressed state closes a circuit on a printed circuit board to provide assurance that the header part and the connector part are properly mated.

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