Electrical connectors – With indicating or identifying provision – Connection indicating provision
Patent
1994-09-06
1996-10-08
Vu, Hien D.
Electrical connectors
With indicating or identifying provision
Connection indicating provision
439346, H01R 1362
Patent
active
055624855
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector including a female receptacle and a male spade which cooperate to provide an assembler with sensory indication that electrical connection has been established. The male spade has a body portion which provides a pair of opposed notched recesses. The female receptacle has a metal insert which is integrally molded into a plastic housing and receives the male spade. The plastic housing has a pair of opposed side walls which each provide a deformable arm. The arms have a lower end which includes an inwardly projecting portion that snaps into the notched recess in the spade when the spade is fully inserted into the receptacle. As the spade is inserted into the insert, the inwardly projecting portions slidably engage the spade and cause the arms to be outwardly deflected relative to the housing side wall, thereby providing the assembler with visual and tactile indication that the spade and receptacle are not properly connected. Further insertion of the spade into the insert causes the inwardly projecting portions to snap into the recesses, resulting in outer surfaces of the arms being generally in-line with the housing side walls which indicates, upon visual or tactile inspection, that the spade and receptacle are properly connected.
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Galphin Rick E.
Hoyte David S.
Vu Hien D.
White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
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