Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080233778 | Shunted electrical connector and shunt therefore - An electrical connector is disclosed having a shunt member disposed between terminals in an electrical connector to shunt them together. The shunt member has shunt contacts defined by turned up portions from an edge of the members. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233784 | Connector assembly with cavity sealing plug - An electrical connector is shown having a housing having terminal receiving passageways, which receives a plurality of electrical terminals therein. The connector housing has a rear wire seal having a plurality of apertures at a rear face thereof for receiving terminals and a terminated conductor therethrough. At least one of the plurality of electrical terminal passageways is empty, and the sealing plug is positioned in the terminal receiving passageway to seal the cavity from the rear side thereof. The sealing plug also includes a latching surface for latching with the latch of the housing, and further provides a forward portion to deflect an installed shunt downwardly to prevent stubbing of a pin contact of a mating connector. | 09-25-2008 |
20080280510 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT - An electrical contact includes a mating portion and a crimp portion connected by a transition region. The mating portion is configured to receive a mating external contact pin. The mating portion has a top wall and a bottom wall joined by opposing side walls. The top, bottom and side walls form a contact box open at one end. The contact box includes a contact beam that extends through the contact box, a front flap portion and a front aperture for insertion of the mating contact, and a back aperture adjacent to the transition region. The front flap portion protrudes partially into the front aperture forward of the contact beam to prevent a free end of the contact beam from receiving a direct impingement force when mating the electrical contact with the second electrical contact. | 11-13-2008 |
20090247011 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LOCKING FEATURES - A connector assembly includes a housing having a cavity defined by at least one wall. The cavity extends between a mating end and a loading end. The housing has a terminal latch associated with the cavity, and the at least one wall has a projection extending into the cavity. A terminal is loaded into the cavity through the loading end and is held within the cavity by the terminal latch. The terminal includes body having an opening, wherein the projection extends at least partially into the opening to secure the terminal within the cavity. | 10-01-2009 |
20090311896 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING FLOATING ALIGNMENT MEMBER - An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating cavity extending to a base wall and at least one terminal cavity through the base wall to the mating cavity. The terminal cavity being configured to receive a terminal therein having a pin extending into the mating cavity. A primary terminal lock extends from an interior wall of the housing and is configured to engage the terminal to retain the terminal in the terminal cavity. An alignment member is received within the mating cavity and has an alignment plate having at least one opening aligned with a corresponding terminal cavity. The alignment member is movable within the mating cavity between a seated position in which the alignment plate is proximate to the base wall and a supporting position in which the alignment plate is positioned remote from the base wall. A tip of the terminal is held within the opening when the alignment member is in the supporting position, and a pin base of the terminal is held within the opening when the alignment member is in the seated position. | 12-17-2009 |
20100003852 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED GROUNDING - A shielded electrical connector is disclosed that includes a receptacle having a outer ground shield surrounding a dielectric cover. The dielectric cover includes a plug reception cavity and has an electrical contact and an inner ground shield disposed therewithin. The outer ground shield includes grounding features configured to ground the outer shield to a module wall and attachment features configured to attach and ground the outer shield to a substrate. | 01-07-2010 |
20100029146 | SOCKET CONTACT - A socket contact having a mating portion, a crimp portion, and a transition region connecting the mating portion with the crimp portion. The mating portion includes a top wall and a bottom wall joined by two opposing sidewalls, wherein the top, bottom and two opposing sidewalls forming a contact box open at, at least one end and configured to accept a pin contact. The contact box includes a first contact beam and a second contact beam. Each of the first contact beam and second contact beam includes a free end and a fixed end. The free end has a plurality of contact fingers. Each of the first contact beam and the second contact beam has a plurality of contact points. | 02-04-2010 |
20100197177 | SOCKET CONTACT - A socket contact having a mating portion, a crimp portion, and a transition region connecting the mating portion with the crimp portion. The mating portion includes a first contact beam and a second contact beam. The first contact beam has a cantilevered portion with at least one first contact finger with a first contact point. The first contact beam also has an inflexible first fixed contact point which is positioned on the surface of the first contact beam. As a mating pin is inserted through the front aperture of the mating portion, the mating pin engages the first finger contact point causing the first contact beam to deflect. The mating pin then engages the inflexible first fixed contact point at a shallow mating angle and a reduced normal force, resulting in the first contact beam of the mating portion of the socket contacting the mating pin at multiple points of contact. | 08-05-2010 |
20100317219 | MULTI-POSITION CONNECTOR - A connector assembly includes a housing that includes one or more slots for inserting a component defined in a top side of the connector housing. Each slot includes a first and a second interior surface separated by a distance. Channels are defined in each surface and are adapted to receive a portion of a terminal. Openings for receiving a terminal are defined in a bottom surface of the housing. When the terminal is fully inserted into the opening the terminal portion is substantially adjacent to a surface within the channel and a contact region of the terminal is substantially centered between the first and second interior surfaces of the slot so as to enable lateral movement of the contact portion between the first and second surfaces when the component is inserted. | 12-16-2010 |
20120270433 | HARNESS CONNECTOR - A harness connector having a header assembly that includes a header housing that extends between a plug end and a mounting end. The header housing holds header contacts. Optionally, the header housing may be mounted to a printed circuit board at the mounting end with the header contacts being electrically connected to the printed circuit board. One or more plug assemblies are received in the plug end of the header housing along a plug axis. The plug assembly includes a plug housing holding receptacle terminals. The receptacle terminals extend along terminal axes parallel to the plug axis between mating ends and terminating ends. The mating ends are mated with corresponding header contacts. The terminating ends have insulation displacement contacts configured to receive, and be electrically connected to, corresponding wires. The wires extend from the insulation displacement contacts along wire axes that are generally perpendicular to the terminal axes. | 10-25-2012 |
20120289102 | CONTACT HAVING A PROFILED COMPLIANT PIN - A contact having a contact body that has a front, a rear and opposite sides that extend between the front and the rear. The contact body extends between a mating end and a mounting end. The mating end is configured to be mated with a corresponding mating contact. The mounting end is configured to be through-hole mounted to a printed circuit board. The mounting end has a profiled section that defines a compliant pin. The profiled section has a necked-down portion being thinner between the front and the rear than adjacent portions of the contact body. The profiled section has an opening through the necked-down portion. The profiled section has a compliant portion at the opening. The compliant portion is wider between the sides than adjacent portions of the contact body. | 11-15-2012 |
20120302089 | GROUND TERMINAL ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A ground terminal is provided for a vehicle. The ground terminal includes a hub having an opening extending therethrough. The opening is configured to receive a fastener for attaching the hub to the vehicle. A plurality of electrical contacts extend radially outward from the hub. Each electrical contact extends outwardly from the hub to a free end portion. The free end portions of the electrical contacts are arranged in an arcuate pattern. | 11-29-2012 |
20120315806 | RECEPTACLE CONTACT - A receptacle contact for receipt of a mating contact and a method therefore. The receptacle contact has side walls, each of the side walls has an opening provide therein. A resilient contact arm extends between the side walls. Projections extend from the resilient contact arm and extend through the openings of the side walls. A weak area is provided on the resilient contact arm, the weak area positioned between the fixed end and the projections. The projections engage a wall of the opening as the mating contact is inserted into the receptacle contact, causing the at least one contact area to become fixed and allowing the weak area to move into engagement with the mating contact, thereby providing multiple areas of contact between the resilient contact arm and the mating contact. | 12-13-2012 |
20130023153 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector has a housing that includes a carrier and a shield matable to define the housing. The carrier has terminal channels and terminal latches extending into the terminal channels. The shield having lead-in channels through a face of the shield. Terminals are received in corresponding terminal channels. The terminals are held in the terminal channels by the terminal latches. The carrier and the shield are molded as a single piece with a bridge connecting the carrier and the shield. The bridge is broken during assembly to allow coupling of the shield to the carrier. The lead-in channels are aligned with, and positioned forward of, the terminal channels when the shield is mated with the carrier. The lead-in channels guide mating contacts for mating with the terminals held in the terminal channels. | 01-24-2013 |
20140094043 | HEADER CONNECTOR - A header connector includes a housing configured to be mounted to a mounting surface of the circuit board and header contacts held by the housing. The header contacts have mating portions and mounting portions. The mounting portions are configured to be surface mounted to corresponding pads on the circuit board. A spring clip is coupled to the housing. The spring clip has a spring finger extending through the circuit board to engage a bottom side of the circuit board opposite the mounting surface of the circuit board. The spring clip pulls the housing and header contacts toward the mounting surface. | 04-03-2014 |
20140206225 | CONNECTOR MATING ASSURANCE - An electrical connector for mating with a mating electrical connector. The electrical connector has a surface having a first reference member and a latch having a second reference member. The first reference member and the second reference member are positioned to indicate when the electrical connector is fully mated to the mating electrical connector. | 07-24-2014 |