EP0090502A2
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Electrical connector provided with a locking member
Assignee: Motors Liquidation Co
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Filing: 1983-03-01
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2003-03-01
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector 10 has dielectric connector bodies 12, 14 which are coupled and locked together by a resilient lock member 26 of one connector body 12 which snaps past and engages a lock member 38 of the other connector body 14. The resilient lock member 26 includes a slot 31 which extends through one end and a lock shoulder 32 which faces the opposite end. The other lock member 38 includes a latch shoulder 44 and a loop 40 which passes through the slot 31 of the resilient lock member 26 a gauge hole 48 of predetermined minimum size when the connector bodies are coupled and locked together by interengagement of the shoulders. A gauge pin 16 having a shank 50 of substantially the same predetermined minimum size is disposed in the gauge hole 48 to indicate that the connector bodies are locked together by interengagement of the shoulders.
Inventors
- 👤 John Allan Yurtin
- 👤 Robert Gilbert Plyler
- 👤 Andrew Michael Spisak
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 12:25
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/64; H01R13/641; H01R13/62; H01R13/627
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
219 words
An electrical connector having dielectric connector bodies (12 and 14) which are arranged to be coupled and locked together by adeflectable lock member (22) of one connector body (12) snapping past and engaging a lock member (24) of the other connector body (14), characterised in that a first (12) of the lock members (12 and 14) includes a slot (30) which extends through an end of the first lock member, and a lock shoulder (32) facing towards an opposite end of,the first lock member, a second (14) of the lock members includes a loop (40) which has one end insertable into the slot of the first lock member, and a latch shoulder (44) facing an opposite end of the loop, the loop has a portion disposed in the slot of the first lock member and co-operatively forming with the first lock member a gauge hole (48) of predetermined minimum size when the connector bodies (12 and 14) are coupled and locked together by interengagement of the shoulders (32 and 44), and a gauge pin (16) having a shank (50) of substantially the same predetermined minimum size as the gauge hole is arranged to be disposed in the gauge hole to indicate that the connector bodies (12 and 14) are locked together by interengagement of the shoulders (32 and 44).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
219 words
An electrical connector having dielectric connector bodies (12 and 14) which are arranged to be coupled and locked together by adeflectable lock member (22) of one connector body (12) snapping past and engaging a lock member (24) of the other connector body (14), characterised in that a first (12) of the lock members (12 and 14) includes a slot (30) which extends through an end of the first lock member, and a lock shoulder (32) facing towards an opposite end of,the first lock member, a second (14) of the lock members includes a loop (40) which has one end insertable into the slot of the first lock member, and a latch shoulder (44) facing an opposite end of the loop, the loop has a portion disposed in the slot of the first lock member and co-operatively forming with the first lock member a gauge hole (48) of predetermined minimum size when the connector bodies (12 and 14) are coupled and locked together by interengagement of the shoulders (32 and 44), and a gauge pin (16) having a shank (50) of substantially the same predetermined minimum size as the gauge hole is arranged to be disposed in the gauge hole to indicate that the connector bodies (12 and 14) are locked together by interengagement of the shoulders (32 and 44).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
An electrical connector according to claim 1, characterised in that the deflectable lock member (22) includes a cantilevered arm (26) through which the slot (30) extends towards a free end of the cantilevered arm, to form the lock shoulder (32) in the slot and facing towards an opposite end of the cantilevered arm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
200 words
An electrical connector according to claim 2, characterised in that the cantilevered arm (26) of the deflectable lock member (22) includes a sloping tab (28) at a free end of the latch arm, the slot (30) in the latch arm has a narrow portion (31) extending from the free end to provide the said lock shoulder (32), which is in the plane of the latch arm, the sloping tab (28) has a slot (34) which communicates with the narrow portion (31) of the slot (30) in the latch arm, the second lock member (14) includes a lock projection (38), with the loop (40) extending outwardly of the lock projection, the loop (40) has a narrow end portion which is insertable into the narrow portion (31) of the slot (30) in the latch arm (26) and the slot (34) in the tab (28) and also has a wide end portion which provides an abutment (46) for the tab (28) of the latch arm, with the said lock projection (38) facing the wide portion of the loop, and the narrow end portion of the loop passes through the slots of the latch arm and the tab to form the said gauge hole.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
An electrical connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the gauge pin (16) has means (54) for retaining the shank (50) of the gauge pin in the gauge hole (48).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
An electrical connector according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that means for guarding against jamming and locking of the shank (50) of the gauge pin (16) in spaces other than the gauge hole (48) comprises integral wings (58) spaced from the latch arm (26) near its attachment end, a forwardly projecting U-shaped flange (60) on the sloping tab (28), and an integral narrow rib (62) behind the lock projection (38).
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