Squib connector assembly with CPA
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsJeffrey David Parrish, Sheikh Habibur Rahman
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing having a plug portion configured to be received in a receptacle. The housing has a rear face aligned with and opposing the plug portion. The housing includes a latch beam that is deflectable between a latched state and an unlatched state. A CPA mounted to the housing is movable between open and closed positions and includes a beam that extends through the rear face of the housing to engage the latch beam of the housing to inhibit the latch beam from deflecting to its unlatched state when the CPA is in a closed position.
Claims20
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing having a plug portion configured to be received in a receptacle and having a rear face aligned with and opposing said plug portion, said housing having a latch beam extending along said plug portion, said latch beam being deflectable between latched and unlatched states;
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- a CPA mounted to said housing and movable between open and closed positions, said CPA having a beam extending through said rear face of said housing, said beam engaging said latch beam when said CPA is in said closed position to inhibit said latch beam from deflecting to said unlatched state.
An electrical plug connector configured to join a receptacle connector holding at least one receptacle terminal and an electrical shorting clip, the electrical plug connector comprising:
- a housing having a plug portion configured to be received in a receptacle connector and having a rear face aligned with and opposing said plug portion;
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- a CPA mounted to said housing and movable between open and closed positions, said CPA having a shorting disconnect arm extending though said rear face of said housing, said shorting disconnect arm being configured to separate a shorting clip and receptacle terminal held in the receptacle connector.
A squib connector configured to be mated with a receptacle in an inflator for an automotive air bag wherein the receptacle includes a shorting clip that shorts a pair of terminals to one another when the squib connector is disconnected, said squib connector comprising:
- a housing configured to be mated with the receptacle;
- a latch to secure the housing to the receptacle;
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- a CPA mounted to said housing and movable between open and closed positions, said CPA comprising:
- a beam extending through said housing, said beam engaging said latch when said CPA is in said closed position to inhibit said latch from unlatching;
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- a shorting disconnect arm extending though said rear face of said housing, said shorting disconnect arm being configured to separate a shorting clip and receptacle terminal held in the receptacle connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.