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US 11,901,662 B2Granted
Connector housing, a connector and a connector assembly
AssigneeTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsQin (Candy) Xu, Hongbo (Daniel) Zhang, Jianding Du
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Abstract
A connector housing includes a body defining an accommodating channel sized to receive a pin terminal, and a blocking structure formed in the accommodating channel and positioned to prevent a bent portion of a pin terminal from rebounding.
Claims20
A connector housing, comprising:
- a body defining a channel sized to receive a pin terminal, the channel including:
- a cavity sized to accept a straight portion of a pin terminal;
- and
- an open groove corresponding to and communicating with the cavity, the groove sized to accept a bent portion of the pin terminal;
- and
- a blocking structure formed in the channel on side walls of the open groove, and positioned to prevent the bent portion of the pin terminal from rebounding, at least one side wall of the open groove includes a buffer opening such that the bent portion of the pin terminal is pressed or lifted through the blocking structure.
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A connector comprising:
- a first connector housing including a first body formed with a channel;
- a pin terminal including a straight portion and a bent portion arranged in the channel;
- a blocking structure positioned relative to the channel to prevent the bent portion of a pin terminal from rebounding,
- a mating connector mated with the first connector housing, including:
- a connecting terminal;
- a second connector housing including a second body formed with a cavity corresponding to the channel and receiving the connecting terminal;
- and
- a terminal position assurance device, at least portion of the terminal position assurance arranged within the cavity and abutting the connecting terminal.
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A connector, comprising:
- a pin terminal including a straight portion and a bent portion;
- a body defining a channel receiving the pin terminal, the channel including:
- a cavity receiving the straight portion of a pin terminal;
- and
- an open groove corresponding to and communicating with the cavity, the groove receiving the bent portion of a pin terminal;
- and
- a blocking structure formed in the channel and opposing a first side of the bent portion of the pin terminal opposite the straight portion and preventing the bent portion of the pin terminal from rebounding in a first direction away from the straight portion of the pin terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.