Electrical half connector with contact-centering vanes

Details Electrical half connector with contact-centering vanes Electrical half connector with contact-centering vanes

1993-01-19

1994-09-27

Paumen, Gary F.

Electrical connectors

With insulation other than conductor sheath

Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation

H01R 13432

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053502922

ABSTRACT:
This inexpensive, small half connector includes at least one electrical terminal (usually a female contact). The half-connector body defines a hole to receive each terminal. Each terminal has at least one retaining element for engaging the half connector (e.g., a springy tang that snaps into behind an internal flange) to retain the terminal in the half connector. Each hole has a segment of relatively large transverse dimension to receive its terminal, generally with transverse clearance about the circumference of the terminal. Each hole also has a segment of reduced transverse dimension to receive the terminal and engage the retaining element(s) of that terminal to retain the terminal. Each hole has some integral feature--in other words, some structural element(s) integral with the half-connector body--for centering the terminal in the large-dimension segment of the hole. Preferably the integral element includes at least two and preferably three radially inward-extending protrusions from an inner wall of the large-dimension segment of the hole. Each of these is preferably very thin, ideally about 0.2 to 0.23 millimeter thick.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3479635 (1969-11-01), Stark et al.
patent: 3980385 (1976-09-01), Hirokawa et al.
patent: 5195913 (1993-03-01), Shattuck

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