Electrical connectors – Adapted to cooperate with duplicate connector – Resiliently biased contact
Patent
1991-04-09
1992-04-21
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
Adapted to cooperate with duplicate connector
Resiliently biased contact
H01R 1328, H01R 2500
Patent
active
051063204
ABSTRACT:
A connector having an electrically insulative housing with at least one terminal receiving cavity extending longitudinally through the housing between the forward and rearward ends thereof. The forward end of the housing is structured to releasably mate with a similarly shaped housing of a second connector that is inverted relative to the first. The rearward end of the housing is structured so that each terminal receiving cavity longitudinally receives a terminal, the terminal having an attached electrical cable extending beyond the rearward end of the housing. A biasing spring in the form of a cantilever, biases the terminal transversely between the floor of the terminal receiving cavity and the terminal. A latch edge of the biasing spring interferingly engages the terminal so as to affix the terminal within the terminal receiving cavity. An access port through a wall of the housing permits a tool to be inserted therethrough to effect flexing of the biasing spring away from the terminal so that the terminal may be removed from the housing, and optionally, sliding the terminal out of the housing. It is preferred for the biasing spring to have tapered edge flanges which nestingly seat into reciprocably tapered recesses provided in the walls of the terminal receiving cavity. A metallic shroud within the terminal receiving cavity protects the housing from local heat damage and assists fixed seating of the biasing spring. A pair of tabs mounted to the housing prevents inadvertent positive-to-negative terminal interconnection.
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Bradley Paula A.
Keefe Peter D.
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