Method for securing a terminal within a connector housing of a connector assembly and a connector assembly formed by said method
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJohn R. Morello, James M. Rainey
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Abstract
A method of securing an electrical terminal within a terminal cavity of a connector body is described herein. The method includes the step of deforming a portion of an outer surface of the connector body to fabricate a protrusion that projects from an inner surface of the connector body into the terminal cavity, thereby securing the electrical terminal within the terminal cavity. A connector assembly formed by this method is also described.
Claims20
A method of securing an electrical terminal within a connector body, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing the connector body defining a longitudinal terminal cavity therethrough;
- b) providing the electrical terminal, wherein the electrical terminal includes a first connection portion configured to attach the electrical terminal to a first conductor, a second connection portion configured to interconnect with a second conductor, and a transition portion intermediate the first connection portion and the second connection portion;
- c) disposing the electrical terminal within the terminal cavity;
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- d) deforming a portion of an outer surface of the connector body to fabricate a protrusion that projects from an inner surface of the connector body into the terminal cavity intermediate the first connection portion and the second connection portion, thereby securing the electrical terminal within the terminal cavity.
A connector assembly formed by the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a connector body defining a longitudinal terminal cavity therethrough;
- b) providing an electrical terminal, wherein the electrical terminal includes a first connection portion configured to attach the electrical terminal to a first conductor, a second connection portion configured to interconnect with a second conductor, and a transition portion intermediate the first connection portion and the second connection portion;
- c) disposing the electrical terminal within the terminal cavity;
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- d) deforming a portion of an outer surface of the connector body to fabricate a protrusion that projects from an inner surface of the connector body into the terminal cavity intermediate the first connection portion and the second connection portion, thereby securing the electrical terminal within the terminal cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.