Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
257 words
An electrical connector comprising a first moulded synthetic resin body part (11) for receiving first electrical terminals, said first body part including at one end thereof an integral thin-walled shroud (14), a second moulded synthetic resin body part (12) for receiving second electrical terminals interengageable in use with said first electrical terminal, said second body part having an end region (19) which, when the first and second body parts (11, 12) are interengaged, is received within said shroud (14) of said first body part (11), first and second latch members (26, 27) on said second body part (12), said first and second latch members (26, 27) extending externally of said shroud (14) when said first and second body parts (11, 12) are interengaged, and first and second external projections (17, 18) on said shroud (14), said first and second external projections (17, 18) being engageable in use with said first and second latch members (26, 27) respectively, characterized in that localized ramp means (28, 29) is provided on said end region (19) of said second body part (12), said ramp means (28, 29), when said first and second body parts (11, 12) are interengaged, coacting with the inner surface of said shroud (14), to ensure that at least those portions of the shroud (14) carrying said first and second projections (17, 18) are so positioned in relation to the second body part (12) that said first and second projections (17, 18) can coact with said first and second latch members (26, 27) to afford a latching action.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
257 words
An electrical connector comprising a first moulded synthetic resin body part (11) for receiving first electrical terminals, said first body part including at one end thereof an integral thin-walled shroud (14), a second moulded synthetic resin body part (12) for receiving second electrical terminals interengageable in use with said first electrical terminal, said second body part having an end region (19) which, when the first and second body parts (11, 12) are interengaged, is received within said shroud (14) of said first body part (11), first and second latch members (26, 27) on said second body part (12), said first and second latch members (26, 27) extending externally of said shroud (14) when said first and second body parts (11, 12) are interengaged, and first and second external projections (17, 18) on said shroud (14), said first and second external projections (17, 18) being engageable in use with said first and second latch members (26, 27) respectively, characterized in that localized ramp means (28, 29) is provided on said end region (19) of said second body part (12), said ramp means (28, 29), when said first and second body parts (11, 12) are interengaged, coacting with the inner surface of said shroud (14), to ensure that at least those portions of the shroud (14) carrying said first and second projections (17, 18) are so positioned in relation to the second body part (12) that said first and second projections (17, 18) can coact with said first and second latch members (26, 27) to afford a latching action.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
An electrical connection as claimed in Claim 1 characterized in that said ramp means (28, 29) comprises a pair of upstanding ribs on opposite sides respectively of said end region (19) of said second body part (12), said ribs extending axially of the second body part (11) and tapering in height from a minimum at their ends adjacent the front end of the second body part (12).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
An electrical connector as claimed in Clairm characterized in that said ribs include a plateau region at their maximum height ends.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
An electrical connector as claimed in Claim 2 or Claim 2 characterized in that said ribs commence, at their minimum height end, at a point spaced rearwardly from the front end of the second body part (12).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
An electrical connector as claimed in any one of Claims 2 to 4 characterized in that there is a pair of laterally spaced parallel ribs (28) on one side of said end region (19) and a centrally disposed rib (29) on the opposite side of said region (19).