Terminal Position Holder, Connector Housing Assembly and Connector
AssigneesTyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsFeng (Charles) Wan, Hua (Fofo) Zhong, Zhihui (Vito) Tang
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Abstract
A terminal position holder includes a plate-shaped body insertable into a slot of a connector housing and an elastic cantilever formed on the plate-shaped body. The elastic cantilever has a locking feature on an end that engages a terminal locking spring arm inside the connector housing to lock the plate-shaped body in the slot. The elastic cantilever has a root that rests against an end of the terminal locking spring arm and prevents the terminal locking spring arm from being moved from a locking position to an unlocking position.
Claims20
A terminal position holder, comprising:
- a plate-shaped body insertable into a slot of a connector housing;
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- an elastic cantilever formed on the plate-shaped body, the elastic cantilever has a locking feature on an end that engages a terminal locking spring arm inside the connector housing to lock the plate-shaped body in the slot, the elastic cantilever has a root that rests against an end of the terminal locking spring arm and prevents the terminal locking spring arm from being moved from a locking position to an unlocking position.
A connector housing assembly, comprising:
- a connector housing having a socket receiving a terminal, a terminal locking spring arm formed in the socket and movable between a locking position engaged with the terminal and an unlocking position separated from the terminal, and a slot communicated with the socket;
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- a terminal position holder including a plate-shaped body and an elastic cantilever formed on the plate-shaped body, the plate-shaped body is insertable into the slot of the connector housing, the elastic cantilever has a locking feature on an end that engages the terminal locking spring arm to lock the plate-shaped body in the slot, the elastic cantilever has a root that rests against an end of the terminal locking spring arm and prevents the terminal locking spring arm from being moved from the locking position to the unlocking position.
A connector, comprising:
- a connector housing assembly including:
- a connector housing having a socket, a terminal locking spring arm formed in the socket and movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, and a slot communicated with the socket;
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- a terminal position holder including a plate-shaped body and an elastic cantilever formed on the plate-shaped body, the plate-shaped body is insertable into the slot of the connector housing, the elastic cantilever has a locking feature on an end that engages the terminal locking spring arm to lock the plate-shaped body in the slot, the elastic cantilever has a root that rests against an end of the terminal locking spring arm and prevents the terminal locking spring arm from being moved from the locking position to the unlocking position;
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- a terminal disposed in the socket, the terminal has a mating locking structure engaging a locking structure on the terminal locking spring arm to lock the terminal in the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.