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US 10,950,968 B2Granted
Electrical connector with a contact holder having transverse openings to receive fasteners
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorsJames Douglas Fair, Eric Cheney, Vinod Manohar Shet
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Abstract
A receptacle and/or a plug of an electrical connector includes a proximal body portion defining transverse alignment slots extending through a side of the proximal body portion for contacts. A plug of an electrical connector includes a safety disk. The safety disk includes a hollow stem having at least one prong slidably inserted through a groove and captured within a central axial passage of a housing.
Claims20
A receptacle for an electrical connector comprising:
- a receptacle housing having opposite distal and proximal ends and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends, the distal end defining a receptacle opening through which a mateable plug is insertable;
- a contact holder received in the housing and having distal and proximal ends and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends, the contact holder including a holder body having opposite distal and proximal body portions, wherein the proximal body portion defines axial passages extending axially through the holder body and transverse alignment slots extending through a side of the proximal body portion, the alignment slots having axial openings;
- a plurality of contacts supported by the contact holder, each contact including a wire terminal, a compressible pin extending distally outward from the wire terminal, and a terminal fastener extending transversely from the wire terminal, wherein the terminal fasteners are received in the alignment slots through the axial openings and retained in the transverse alignment slots.
A plug for an electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having opposite distal and proximal ends and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends, the proximal end being receivable in a receptacle to mateably connect the plug to the receptacle;
- a contact holder received in the housing and having distal and proximal ends and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends, the contact holder including a holder body defining axial passages extending axially through the holder body and transverse alignment slots extending through a side of the holder body, the alignment slots having axial openings;
- a plurality of contacts received in respective axial passages, each contact including a wire terminal, a pin extending proximally outward from the wire terminal, and a terminal fastener extending transversely from the wire terminal, wherein the terminal fasteners are received in the alignment slots through the axial openings and retained in the transverse alignment slots.
A receptacle for an electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having opposite distal and proximal ends and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends, the distal end defining a receptacle opening through which a mateable plug is insertable;
- a contact holder received in the housing and having distal and proximal ends and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends, the contact holder including
- a holder body having a distal body portion, wherein the distal body portion defines a plurality of axial passages including a central axial passage, the distal body portion defining at least one groove extending along the central axial passage;
- a safety disk rotatably secured to the holder body, the safety disk defining a plurality of axial openings, wherein the safety disk is selectively rotatable relative to the housing and the holder body between an open position, in which the axial disk openings are aligned with respective axial passages of the holder body, and a closed position, in which the axial disk openings are misaligned with the axial passages and the safety disk at least partially covers the axial passages, the safety disk including a hollow stem including at least one prong slidably inserted through the groove and captured within the central axial passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.