Electrical connectors – Coupling part including flexing insulation – Hinged or flexed detent on insulation engaging to secure...
Patent
1997-09-03
1999-03-23
Paumen, Gary
Electrical connectors
Coupling part including flexing insulation
Hinged or flexed detent on insulation engaging to secure...
439660, H01R 1340
Patent
active
058851070
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connection system for connecting an electrical device mounted on an instrument panel to an electrical circuit located behind the panel including a male plug mounted on the back wall of an instrument panel receptacle and a female socket mounted inside the electrical device adjacent an access hole. The male plug has a nonconductive connector body and a plurality of metal terminals that are retained in terminal cavities by flexible arms that project into tubular contact portions at the forward ends of the terminals. The connector body of the male plug has a platform at the forward end where the terminal cavities have channel shaped portions that have open exterior sides for exposing the tubular contact portions of the metal terminals. The tubular contact portions each include a lock aperture that cooperates with an associated flexible lock arm for retaining the terminals in the terminal cavities. The female socket has a nonconductive connector body and a plurality of compliant metal terminals. Each of the compliant metal terminals has a flexible tongue that projects into the slot for contacting the flat contact surface of a metal terminal of the male plug when the female socket is plugged onto the male plug.
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Bungo Edward Martin
Corso Anthony Joseph
Madden William T.
Sluss Jay Michael
Brooks Cary W.
General Motors Corporation
Nganajui Antoine
Paumen Gary
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