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US 2014/0227913 A1Published application
Electric Connector with a Lock to Retain a Terminal Within a Housing
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorBrantley Natter
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Abstract
An electric connector includes an outer housing and an inner housing located within the outer housing. A connector terminal is located within the inner housing. A primary lock retains the connector terminal within the inner housing, and a secondary lock also retains the connector terminal within the inner housing.
Claims20
An electric connector comprising:
- an outer housing;
- an inner housing located within the outer housing;
- a connector terminal located within the inner housing;
- a primary lock retaining the connector terminal within the inner housing;
- a secondary lock retaining the connector terminal within the inner housing.
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An electric connector comprising:
- a housing that defines a wire opening;
- a connector terminal located within the housing and positioned to mate with a corresponding terminal on a terminal axis;
- and
- an external electrical connection that is connected to the electric connector along a wire axis;
- wherein the terminal axis is generally perpendicular to the wire axis;
- and
- wherein the wire opening has a height parallel to the terminal axis that is larger than a height of the connector terminal parallel to the terminal axis.
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An electric connector comprising:
- an outer housing;
- an inner housing located within the outer housing and defining a lock slot;
- a connector terminal located within the inner housing and positioned to mate with a corresponding terminal on a terminal axis;
- a primary lock including a resilient arm attached to the inner housing and a hook that engages an outer edge of the connector terminal to retain the connector terminal within the inner housing;
- a secondary lock including a lock wall, the secondary lock movable between a pre-lock position, wherein the lock wall is not located in the lock slot, and a lock position, wherein the lock wall is located in the lock slot to retain the connector terminal within the inner housing;
- and
- a wire that is connected to the connector terminal along a wire axis;
- wherein the terminal axis is generally perpendicular to the wire axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.