Electrical connector with seal protection
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsRangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Velmurugan Kandasamy
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes first and second housing portions that are secured to one another and respectively provide an aperture and a hole. The aperture is configured to receive a terminal of a wire. The hole is configured to receive the wire. The first housing portion includes a face that is configured to mate with another connector that carries another terminal that is engageable with the terminal. A seal is captured between the first and second housing portions and is configured to engage the other connector.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- first and second housing portions secured to one another and respectively providing an aperture and a hole, the aperture configured to receive a terminal of a wire, the hole configured to receive the wire, the first housing portion including a face configured to mate with another connector carrying another terminal engageable with the terminal;
- a seal captured between the first and second housing portions;
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- a secondary lock carried by the first housing portion and slidable between unlocked and locked positions, wherein the first housing portion includes a guide wall forming a pocket that receives the second housing portion, wherein the secondary lock is provided by a clip on the guide wall and a tab on a perimeter of the secondary lock, and wherein the tab is slidable relative to the clip between the locked and unlocked positions.
A method of assembling an electrical connector having a first housing portion and a second hosing portion, wherein the first housing portion includes a guide wall forming a pocket that receives the second housing portion, the method comprising:
- inserting a secondary lock provided by a clip on the guide wall and a tab on a perimeter of the secondary lock into a first housing portion to provide a subassembly;
- arranging a seal on a second housing portion;
- securing the first and second housing portions to one another and about the secondary lock;
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- capturing the seal between the first and second housing portions in response to the securing step.
An electrical connector comprising:
- first and second housing portions secured to one another and respectively providing an aperture and a hole, the aperture configured to receive a terminal of a wire, the hole configured to receive the wire, the first housing portion including a face configured to mate with another connector carrying another terminal engageable with the terminal;
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- a secondary lock carried by the first housing portion and slidable between unlocked and locked positions, wherein the first housing portion includes a guide wall forming a pocket that receives the second housing portion, wherein the secondary lock is provided by a clip on the guide wall and a tab on a perimeter of the secondary lock, and wherein the tab is slidable relative to the clip between the locked and unlocked positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.