Patent · US Expired

Connector with front piece fixing terminals

US5575683A · kind A · utility

24Cited by
5References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 1994
Grant dateNov 19, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/5208
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector in which a front piece fixing terminals in the preliminarily locked stage does not unintentionally move to the fully locked stage. In the electrical connector, the front piece fixing terminals C slidably attached, in the axial direction of the connector, to a connector housing A at the fore portion thereof; in the preliminarily locked stage of the front piece fixing terminals with the connector housing A, the front piece C allows a resilient plate 7 on a terminal accommodation slot to deflect to cause a terminal B to be inserted into a terminal accommodation slot 1; in the fully locked stage of the front piece C with the connector housing A, the front piece C prevents the resilient plate 7 from deflecting to maintain the terminal B in the terminal accommodation slot 1, wherein an operating portion 24 attached to a free end of the front piece C is provided with a main locking resilient arm extending in the opposite direction to the connector housing A and a main locking projection 25 is formed on a main locking resilient arm 24.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.