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US 2014/0235113 A1Published application
Female electrical connector with terminal arm extension protection
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsMichael Glick, Tulasi Sadras-Ravindra, Bhupinder Rangi
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Abstract
A female electric connector includes a terminal body with a plurality of terminal arms. The terminal arms extend from the terminal body around a terminal axis. The female electric connector includes an over-deflection protection that limits deflection of the terminal arms in an inward direction generally toward the terminal axis.
Claims20
A female electric connector comprising:
- a terminal body and a plurality of terminal arms that extend from the terminal body around a terminal axis.
A female electric connector comprising:
- a terminal body having a first side with a first terminal arm extending from the first side, a second side with a second terminal arm extending from the second side, a third side with a third terminal arm extending from the third side, a fourth side with a terminal arm extending from the fourth side, wherein the terminal body is centered on a terminal axis that is located between the first terminal arm and the second terminal arm, and between the third terminal arm and the fourth terminal arm;
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- an over-deflection protection that limits deflection of the terminal arms in an inward direction toward the terminal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.