Electrical connector
AssigneesMannesmann VDO AG, Delphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPeter John Crisanti, Erich Ruman, David Edward Dowden, Donald George Witzel
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Abstract
An electrical connector having a housing, a plurality of conductive terminals supported within the housing, and a flange extending outward from the housing is disclosed. The flange has a single mounting notch therein that is formed during the manufacturing process to adapt the connector for use in a particular angular mounting position. A method of manufacturing such an electrical connector is also disclosed.
Claims9
An electrical connector adaptable for use with an electrical device having electrical connections at one of multiple angular mounting positions defined from a vertical plane, the connector comprising:
- a cylindrical housing having an outer wall which is mountable at multiple angular mounting positions from the vertical plane of the electrical device,
- one or more conductive terminals supported by the outer wall of the housing and extending from the outer wall, and
- a flange extending outward from the housing, the flange having a periphery with a mounting notch therein to be fixed at any angle of the periphery of the flange,
- wherein an actual angular mounting position of the housing from the vertical plane of the electrical device is dependent upon the configuration of the mounting notch on the periphery of the flange.
An electrical connector adaptable for use with an electrical device having electrical connections at one of multiple angular mounting positions defined from a vertical plane, the connector comprising:
- a housing which is mountable at multiple angular mounting positions from the vertical plane of the electrical device,
- a first conductive terminal extending from the housing and mateable with the electrical connections of the electrical devices supported within the housing,
- a second conductive terminal coupled to the first conductive terminal and extending in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first conductive terminal, and
- a flange extending outward from the housing, the flange having a periphery with a mounting notch therein to be fixed at any angle of the periphery of the flange, wherein an actual angular mounting position of the housing from the vertical plane of the electrical device is dependent upon the configuration of the mounting notch on the periphery of the flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.