Electrical connectors – Coupling part including flexing insulation – Hinged or flexed detent on insulation engaging to secure...
Patent
1993-01-08
1993-10-12
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
Coupling part including flexing insulation
Hinged or flexed detent on insulation engaging to secure...
439598, H01R 1340
Patent
active
052520927
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector assembly has a multiple cavity thermoplastic connector body for receiving cylindrical terminals. The connector body has cantilevered deflectable arms provided with underlocks which overlie open channels provided with aligned lock ramps. The terminals, when being connected to the connector body, engage the ramps and cause the arms to be deflected from their normal position until lands on the terminal move past the lock ramps and underlocks on the arms whereupon the arms snap back to their normal position and provide an audible click to apprise an assembler that the terminal has been properly connected.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4963103 (1990-10-01), Fink et al.
patent: 5181862 (1993-01-01), Hawk et al.
Reider Christopher G.
Strang William G.
Bradley Paula A.
General Motors Corporation
Schuetz William A.
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