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Device for checking for incomplete locking of connector housings

US5055058A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 14, 1990
Grant dateOct 8, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/01006
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automatic lock checking device for a wire harness connector having short-circuiting female and male terminals for checking for incomplete locking thereof, including a diagnostic resistance-containing circuit connected parallel with a circuit containing a sensor and having the positive and negative sides thereof connected through conducting terminals of the connector to a load or an electronic control unit adapted to process input signals from the sensor. The automatic lock checking device includes at least a pair of short-circuiting terminals connected in series in the diagnostic resistance circuit and arranged to be short-circuited when the connector is completely locked.

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