The Whitaker Corporation

David M Swartz

Martha L Rupert

Ronald J Baker

Douglas G Fisher

Stanrich Dwayne Fernandes

Vinayakumar Shettar

Richard C Batley, Iii

William G Lindberg

James A Hunt

Emma L Workman

David L Brockway

A terminal position assurance member for use with an electrical connector. The terminal position assurance member includes a rigid frame member and one or more compressible seals. The rigid frame member extends from a conduct receiving surface of the terminal position assurance member to a connector mating surface of the terminal position assurance member. The one or more compressible seals cooperate with the rigid frame member to provide sealing between the rigid frame member, a housing of the electrical connector and conductors inserted into the terminal position assurance member. Any insertion force applied to the conductor receiving surface of the rigid frame member will be translated through the rigid frame member to one or more terminals of the electrical connector, allowing the one or more seals to remain compressible to provide the sealing characteristics required.

Terminal position assurance device with sealing

An electric connector (1) comprises, an insulating housing (3), and contacts (7) in respective contact receiving cavities (8). The contacts (7) have respective marker surfaces (18) that align with respect to marker surfaces (21, 23) located in the staggered positions on the housing (3) to position at least one of the contacts (7) farther from a mating end (2) of the housing (3) than another of the contacts (7 ). The contacts (7) are to be inserted by engaging a straight surface of an insertion tool against their marker surfaces (18) and then impelling them along the cavities (8) until the marker surfaces (18) are aligned with respect to selected one or the other of the marker surfaces (21,23). The marker surfaces (21,23) can also serve to limit travel of the insertion tool. The contacts after such insertion are positioned in staggered rows and are retained by engagement of barbs (17) with walls of the cavities.

Electrical connector with contacts at different insertion depths

An electrical connector (1) comprises, a housing (4), a mating face (6) on the housing (4), multiple electrical contacts (7) in the housing (4), terminals (8) on the contacts (7) projecting from the housing (4) for connection with a circuit board, and an insulating alignment member (28) biasing the terminals (8), and a base portion (26) on the housing (4) adapting the connector (1) for vertical mounting and, alternatively, for right angle mounting to a circuit board.

Electrical connector with contact alignment member

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David M Swartz