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AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsLionel DOMERGUE, Sylvain LOAS
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An example connector includes a housing made of a dielectric material, in which cells are formed. Terminals are housed in the cells and extend essentially in a longitudinal direction. The housing is also equipped with a terminal position assurance device having locking means interacting with a stop surface located on the terminal. The terminal position assurance device may possibly have a system of ramps arranged to move the locking means sequentially, perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction, and then parallel to the longitudinal direction. The leakage path between two terminals can then be lengthened.
A connector comprising a housing made of a dielectric material, the housing comprising at least two cells, wherein a terminal is housed in each cell, each terminal extending essentially in a longitudinal direction, the housing including a terminal position assurance device having locking means adapted to interact, in a locking position of the terminal position assurance device, with a stop surface located on each of the terminals, the terminal position assurance device including guide means for moving the locking means sequentially, perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction, for inserting the locking means facing the stop surfaces, and then in a movement having a component parallel to the longitudinal direction, for bringing the locking means toward the stop surfaces.
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