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EP0655807A2
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Connector position assurance device
Assignee: Whitaker LLC
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Filing: 1994-11-03
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2014-11-03
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector has matable halves (110,118) having a position assurance device (150). The position assurance device (150) has locking arms (158) for latching the position assurance device (150) in first and second positions. The position assurance device cannot be fully advanced to the second position unless the matable halves (110,1218) are fully mated. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Gary Ray Marpoe, Jr.
- 👤 Dana Marpoe
- 👤 Keith Robert Denlinger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 21:13
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/62; H01R13/639; H01R13/64; H01R13/641; H01R13/627; H01R13/6271; H01R13/6272
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A connector position assurance device (150) for use with mating connectors, the connector position assurance device comprising: a locking arm (152) which extends from a body portion (154), the locking arm being stiff and being dimensioned to cooperate with a respective portion of a first mating connector (118); and at least one latching arm (158) which cooperates with the mating connectors to movably maintain the connector position assurance device (150) on a respective connector (110), at least one latching arm being movable between a first and a second position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
58 words
A connector position assurance device as recited in claim 1 wherein the locking arm (152) engages a section of the first connector (118) to prevent the movement of the connector position assurance device (150) from the first position to the second position unless the first mating connector (118) and a second mating connector (110) are properly mated together.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A connector position assurance device as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one latching arm (158) is spaced from the body portion (154) to allow a free end (162) thereof to be resiliently deformed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A connector position assurance device as recited in claim 3 wherein at least two latching arms are provided on the body portion (154), wherein the longitudinal axis of the latching arms (158) is essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the locking arm (152).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A connector position assurance device as recited in claim 4 wherein each latching arm (158) has first angled surface (170) proximate the free end, a first locking shoulder (172), a second angled surface (174), and a second locking shoulder (176).
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