Connector for Motor Vehicles and Process for Mounting of this Connector
AssigneeDelphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
InventorsMELANIE GUILLANTON, ERWAN GUILLANTON
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Abstract
The invention relates to a connector for motor vehicles. By means of the invention the device for assuring the position of the contacts is prevented from being accidentally displaced from its shipping position to its use position. To this end, the device for assuring the position of the contacts is locked in the shipping position against a stop. On insertion of one or more contacts into its respective cavity, a direct interaction between this contact or these contacts and the device for assuring the position of the contacts causes escape from the stop. The device for assuring the position of the contacts can then be displaced from its shipping position to its use position.
Claims8
A connector for motor vehicles, comprising:
- a contact-carrying case, including at least one cavity to receive a contact;
- and a terminal position assurance (TPA) device, for assuring the position of the contact in a cavity and movable between a shipping position and a use position, wherein the TPA device is stopped against an abutment of the case in the shipping position and presents a portion extending at least partially in the cavity.
A process for mounting a connector for motor vehicles, comprising:
- providing a contact-carrying case, including a cavity and provided with a terminal position assurance (TPA) device for assuring the position of the contact in the cavity, the TPA device movable between a shipping position and a use position;
- inserting a contact into the cavity,
- ,wherein upon insertion of the contact into the cavity, the contact retracts a portion of the TPA device, extending at least partially in the cavity, and releases the TPA device from an abutment of the case against which it is stopped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.