L-shaped bulb socket

Details L-shaped bulb socket L-shaped bulb socket

1994-11-23

1996-04-23

Paumen, Gary F.

Electrical connectors

With insulation other than conductor sheath

Plural-contact coupling part

439752, H01R 13436

Patent

active

055098282

ABSTRACT:
A retainer 16 is temporarily coupled to an inlet port of a connector chamber 7 in a housing 5 so that the retainer cannot come out of the chamber 7. A terminal metal fixture (metal terminal) 1 is inserted into the housing 5 through an opening formed in a rear wall of the housing in an axial direction of a bulb holding chamber 6. Then, the retainer 16 which is temporarily coupled to the chamber 7 is pushed into the connector chamber which receiving coupling pieces 3 of the fixtures 1 in holding apertures 17 in the retainer 17. When the retainer 16 reaches an inner section in the chamber 7, a lock projection 18 on the retainer engages with a lock face 14 in a longitudinal slot 12 formed in the rear wall of the housing 5, thereby bringing the retainer into a regular coupling position. Proximal ends of the coupling pieces 3, which is arranged perpendicularly to an inserting direction of the fixtures 1, are fitted in the holding apertures 17 in the retainer 16 which is secured in the housing 5. The retainer 16 is provided on its inner face of a side plate 28 with a guide slant face 281 a lower end of which is contiguous to rear end edges of the apertures 17. The apertures 17 are provided on their front, right and left end edges with guide slant faces 26. After the fixtures 1 are inserted into the housing 5 from its rear side, the retainer is pushed into the connector chamber 7 through the inlet port of the chamber 7. If the fixtures 1 are shifted, the fixtures 1 are corrected in position while the distal ends of the coupling pieces 3 contact with the guide slant faces 281 or 26 to insert them into the apertures 17. The retainer 16 is secured in the housing 5 when it reaches the inner section of the chamber 7.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4752241 (1988-06-01), Matsuoka et al.
patent: 5000702 (1991-03-01), Forish et al.
patent: 5080615 (1992-01-01), Kondo

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