Pickup caps for electrical connectors
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorSteven E. Minich
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Abstract
A pickup cap for an electrical connector is disclosed. The pickup cap may include a planar body portion and a plurality of opposing legs extending from a side of the body portion. A respective friction pad may extend from each leg. The friction pads may be received into complementary slots in the housing of an electrical connector. Friction between the friction pads and walls that define the slots may be sufficient to secure the pickup cap to the connector. The planar body portion may include a pickup portion. When the pickup cap is received into the connector housing, the legs may bow slightly. The pickup portion, however, may remain generally planar, and generally parallel to the mating plane defined by the vertical connector, even when the pickup cap is fully inserted into the connector housing.
Claims5
A pickup cap for an electrical connector, the pickup cap comprising:
- a planar body portion;
- and
- first and second opposing legs extending from a first side of the body portion, the first and second legs opposing each other along a first direction;
- a latch extending from the first side of the body portion;
- wherein each of the first and second legs are adapted to be received respectively into complementary first and second slots in a housing of the electrical connector, and the latch is adapted to engage a mortise in the housing of the electrical connector such that the pickup cap is retained in the connector housing.
A pickup cap for an electrical connector, the pickup cap comprising:
- a planar body portion that defines a planar pickup portion;
- and
- first, second, and third legs extending from a first side of the body portion, the first and second legs opposing each other along a first direction, and the second and third legs opposing each other along a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction;
- wherein each of the first, second, and third legs comprises a respective friction pad that is adapted to be received into a complementary first, second, and third slot, respectively, in a housing of the electrical connector such that the first and second legs bow toward each other along the first direction, the second and third legs bow toward each other along the second direction, and the pickup portion remains planar when the friction pads are received into the slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.