Connector having a grid for secondary locking of terminals
US5586918A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 24, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/5219
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The connector has an insulating body of rectangular cross-section formed with at least one row of passages extending parallel to a plugging direction, each passage being formed with a backwardly directed shoulder. At least one side wall of each passage is cut out to form a detent whose resilience tends to hold it in a position in which it projects into the respective passage. Contact terminals are received in the passages and each sized to be retained by the respective detent against the respective shoulder. A unitary locking grid has an end wall which contacts a front end face of the body and is formed with holes in register with the passages, two side flanks that are spaced apart so as to straddle those two walls of the body which are orthogonal to the row, and two side flaps that are connected to the end wall by flexible portions, and that are designed to contact the outside walls of the body which are parallel to the row. Each side flap has a plurality of end internal extensions for penetrating through windows in the said insulating body to retain the grid and lock the terminals of a row. The flaps prevent the detents from moving away from a position in which they project into …
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