Pickup cap for an electrical connector
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorsSteven Minich, Gregory Hull
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Abstract
A preferred embodiment of a pickup cap for an electrical connector includes a first portion having a substantially planar major surface. The pickup cap also includes a first and a second beam extending from the first portion for interferedly engaging projecting features on the electrical connector so that the pickup cap can be held on the electrical connector by frictional forces between the projecting features and the first and second beams.
Claims20
A pickup cap for an electrical connector that defines at least one contact orifice, said pickup cap comprising:
- a center portion having a vacuum engagement surface;
- and
- connector engagement arms attached to the vacuum engagement surface, wherein the pickup cap is removably connected to the electrical connector and the connector engagement arms do not extend into the at least one contact orifice.
A pickup cap for an electrical connector, comprising:
- a first portion having a substantially planar major surface;
- and
- a first and a second beam extending from the first portion for interferedly engaging projecting features on the electrical connector so that the pickup cap can be held on the electrical connector by frictional forces between the projecting features and the first and second beams.
A method for mounting a pickup cap on an electrical connector, comprising bringing a first and a second beam of the pickup cap into contact with a respective first and second projecting feature on the electrical connector, and urging the pickup cap toward the electrical connector so that the first and second beams resiliently deflect in response to contact with the respective first and second projecting features thereby generating contact forces between the first and second beams and the respective first and second projecting features that cause the pickup cap to be retained on the electrical connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.