Electrical connectors and mating connector assemblies
AssigneeSealco Commercial Vehicle Products, Inc.
InventorsZia Yavari, Dale Dwayne Emerson
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a terminal body defining at least two openings therein. Electrical terminals positioned in each of the at least two openings defined by the terminal body include respective crimp sections that extend beyond an end of the terminal body. A separator fin attached to the end of the terminal body extends beyond the crimp sections of the electrical terminals and is located between the at least two openings in the terminal body so that the separator fin defines a structure that is closed on an inner side to physically separate the crimp sections of the electrical terminals and open on an outer side so that the crimp sections of the electrical terminals are exposed.
Claims7
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a terminal body, said terminal body defining at least two openings therein;
- an electrical terminal positioned in each of the at least two openings defined by said terminal body, each of said electrical terminals having at least a crimp section that extends beyond an end of said terminal body;
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- at least one separator fin extending from the end of said terminal body beyond the crimp sections of the electrical terminals, said separator fin being located between the at least two openings so that said separator fin defines a structure that is closed on an inner side to physically separate the crimp sections of the electrical terminals and open on an outer side so that the crimp sections of the electrical terminals are exposed.
A mating electrical connector pair, comprising:
- a first terminal body, said first terminal body defining at least two openings therein;
- a first type of electrical terminal positioned in each of the at least two openings defined by said first terminal body, each of said first type of electrical terminals having at least a crimp section that extends beyond an end of said first terminal body;
- at least one separator fin attached to the end of said first terminal body beyond the crimp sections of said first type of electrical terminals, said separator fin being located between the at least two openings so that said separator fin defines a structure that is closed on an inner side to physically separate the crimp sections of said first type of electrical terminals and open on an outer side so that the crimp sections of said first type of electrical terminals are exposed;
- a second terminal body, said second terminal body defining at least two openings therein;
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- a second type of electrical terminal positioned in each of the at least two openings defined by said second terminal body, said second type of electrical terminal being releasably engageable with said first type of electrical terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.