Split cover electrical connector for flat cable
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorAlbert M. CABAÑERO
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing with a housing body and a cover mount. The housing has a cable cavity that extends through the cover mount along a connector axis. The electrical connector includes a first cover. The first cover is located on the first side of the connector axis. A second cover is located on a second side of the connector axis. The first cover engages the second cover to retain the covers in their relative positions. The covers also engage the cover mount to retain their position relative to the housing.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing including a housing body and a cover mount having a cable cavity that extends therethrough along a connector axis;
- a first cover;
- and
- a second cover;
- wherein the first cover engages the second cover to retain the first cover in position relative to the second cover, and
- wherein the first cover and the second cover engage the cover mount to retain the first cover and the second cover in position relative to the housing.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing with a housing body, a cover mount with a housing flange and a housing groove located between the housing flange and the housing body, and a cable cavity that extends through the cover mount along a connector axis;
- a first cover with a first cover flange, located on a first side of the connector axis;
- and
- a second cover with a second cover flange, located on a second side of the connector axis;
- wherein the first cover engages the second cover to retain the first cover in position relative to the second cover and wherein the first cover flange and the second cover flange are located at least in part in the housing groove.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing with a housing body, a cover mount with a housing flange and a housing groove located between the housing flange and the housing body, and a cable cavity that extends through the cover mount along a connector axis;
- a first cover with a first cover flange, located on a first side of the connector axis;
- a second cover with a second cover flange, located on a second side of the connector axis;
- and
- a cable that is located in part in the cable cavity and extends between the first cover and the second cover;
- wherein the first cover engages the second cover to retain the first cover in position relative to the second cover and wherein the first cover flange and the second cover flange are located at least in part in the housing groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.