Molex Corporation

Chui Ngor Wong

George M Simmel

Kiat Keen Chee

Michael R Kamarauskas

Ser-Kiat Toh

Shantha Kumar Sambhandam Palani

Fook Onn Chong

Sebastian Anjilikkal Poulose

A connector includes a shield that supports a housing. The housing includes a tongue that extends in a mating region defined by the shield. The tongue includes grooves (which may be on both sides of the shield) that support a plurality of terminals. The grooves each include a retention feature that secures the terminal in the groove while allowing a mating terminal to engage the terminals in the grooves without first engage the tongue.

Connector with terminal retention

An electrical connector includes a housing molded of dielectric material and having a recess defined by opposed side walls having inner surfaces. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and include contact sections along at least one of the opposed side walls and exposed at the inner surface thereof. The terminals have distal ends at an end of the recess. At least some of the terminals have spacer tabs projecting laterally from edges of the contact sections of the terminals to maintain at least a minimum spacing between the distal ends of the terminals prior to molding the dielectric housing.

Terminal positioning system

An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a recess defined by opposed side walls having inner surfaces. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and include retention sections spaced along at least one of the opposed side walls and exposed inwardly thereof. A plurality of ribs project inwardly from the one side wall between the spaced retention sections of the terminals. The ribs each have at least one side edge overlapping a side edge of a respective one of the terminal retention sections to capture the sections in the side wall of the housing.

Terminal retention system

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Chui Ngor Wong