Dual lock for multi-row electrical connector system
US6071153A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/62922
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical connector system including a terminal retainer having a plurality of terminal receiving cavities formed therein and aligned in a rectilinear pattern of rows and columns. The terminal retainer preferably has a block like configuration including a front face and opposite rear face and a plurality of terminal cavities extending from the rear to the front face. Each terminal cavity is constructed and arranged to receive a portion of a terminal, wherein the terminal has an annular abutment. A plurality of flexible locking fingers are provided which extend from the front face of the female terminal retainer, each being positioned to straddle two adjacent terminal cavities. Each flexible locking finger includes a pair of spaced apart locking shoulders, one for each straddled terminal cavity, each locking shoulder having a terminus. When the female terminal is passed into a terminal cavity from the rear face, the terminus of the locking shoulder thereat interferingly abuts the terminal abutment, thereby preventing rearward withdrawal of the female terminal through the rear face of the female terminal retainer. A secondary lock system is provided wherein at least one arm is po…
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