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US 2008/0305673 A1Published application
Electrical connector wire guide with hinged cam lock
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorForrest Irving Kinsey, JR.
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AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorForrest Irving Kinsey, JR.
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A wire guide (10) is disclosed that is removably attachable to an electrical connector (11) for guiding wires terminated thereto. Guide arms (24, 26, 28, 30) extend from a body 20 and include alignment members (122, 124) for engaging alignment features (126, 128) on the connector during assembly. The guide arms include catch fingers (56, 58, 68, 70) that engage catch features (34, 36, 40, 42) on the connector. Two hinged cam locks (90, 110), each being arranged between respective pairs of guide arms, are manually manipulated to cause the catch fingers to engage their respective catch features thereby positively securing the wire guide to the connector.
A wire guide, removably attachable to an electrical connector for guiding one or more wires extending from said connector, said wire guide comprising:
A wire guide, removably attachable to an electrical connector for guiding one or more wires extending from said connector, said wire guide movable along an axis in a first direction with respect to and into aligned engagement with said electrical connector and then along said axis in a second opposite direction into captive engagement therewith.
An electrical connector assembly, comprising a housing and a wire guide, one of the housing or wire guide including latch members and the other of said housing and wire guide including catches for receiving the latch members, and a force member, wherein the wire guide is receivable on said housing in a first direction, and said force member when actuated, urges said housing and wire guide in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, moving said latches into a locked condition into said catches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.