Squib connector
AssigneeAMP of Great Britain Ltd.
InventorsRupert Harry Stephen Hanak, Paul David Sims, Chrysostomos Petros Chrysostomou, John Marsh
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Abstract
A squib connector that has a slideable locking element with a locking protrusion for engaging a portion of the squib connector housing in the fully locked position where the locking protrusions are thus outwardly biased into locking engagement with the squib and any tension on the cable or connector housing tends to splay apart the locking arms into tighter engagement against the squib locking shoulders.
Claims20
A squib connector having a housing with a mating portion adapted to be received within a cavity of a squib for electrical connection thereto, the connector comprising:
- a locking element mounted on the housing having a locking portion engageable with a complementary locking shoulder of the squib for securing the connector to the squib, wherein the locking element is separate from and movably mounted to the housing, and has a lock camming portion that engages a complementary housing camming portion of the housing to cam the locking portions into engagement with the complementary locking shoulders of the squib when the locking element is moved from an unlocked position to a fully locked position during coupling of the connector to the squib.
A squib connector with a mating portion adapted to be received within a cavity of a squib for electrical connection thereto, the connector comprising:
- a housing having a lock camming surface;
- a locking element separate from and moveably mounted to the housing, the locking element having locking arms that extend proximate a locking shoulder of the squib that do not engage the locking shoulder in an unlocked position, the locking arms having a locking portion engageable with the locking shoulder for securing the connector to the squib and a camming portion that engages the camming surface of the housing to cam the locking portion into biased engagement with the locking shoulder of the squib when the locking element is moved from the unlocked position to a locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.