Multi-click anti-backout electrical connector assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRichard Moore, Scott Robert Lirette, David Lloyd Nutt, Joel Allen Pittenger, John Paul Modzel
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Abstract
An electrical receptacle, that receives an electrical plug having a male terminal or a female terminal, includes the other of the male terminal or female terminal and a latch that, responsive to movement of the electrical plug toward the electrical receptacle resulting in movement of the male terminal into the female terminal, rides along serrations of the serrated insert such that the latch and one of the serrations cooperate to resist disengagement of the electrical plug from the electrical receptacle.
Claims19
An electrical connection assembly comprising:
- an electrical plug defining a serrated insert and including a terminal;
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- an electrical receptacle configured to receive the electrical plug, and including a second terminal and latches configured to, responsive to movement of the electrical plug toward the electrical receptacle resulting in movement of the terminal toward the second terminal, ride along serrations of the serrated insert such that (i) at least one of the latches and one of the serrations cooperate to resist disengagement of the electrical plug from the electrical receptacle and (ii) an extent to which the latches have ridden along the serrated insert corresponds to an extent to which the terminal and second terminal are engaged with each other.
An electrical connection assembly comprising:
- an electrical plug including a male terminal or a female terminal, and defining a plug body and a serrated insert cantilevered from the plug body;
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- an electrical receptacle including a second female terminal or a second male terminal, and defining a receptacle body configured to receive the plug body and a latch configured to, responsive to movement of the plug body into the receptacle body, ride along serrations of the serrated insert such that an extent to which the latch has ridden along the serrated insert corresponds to an extent to which the male terminal or female terminal is disposed within the second female terminal or second male terminal.
An electrical connection assembly comprising:
- an electrical plug associated with a male terminal or a female terminal, and defining a recessed portion and a serrated insert disposed within and extending away from the recessed portion;
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- an electrical receptacle associated with a second female terminal or a second male terminal, and defining a plurality of latches disposed circumferentially about a center axis of the electrical receptacle such that, when the electrical plug is inserted into the electrical receptacle resulting in connection between (i) the male terminal or female terminal and (ii) the second female terminal or second male terminal, the latches surround and engage the serrated insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.