Amp LLC

Earl J Hayes, Sr

Gary W Hawk

Charles H Weidler

Bobby Gene Ward

Allen F VanDerStuyf

Alexander Hunt, Iii

David M Cravens

Daniel Len Johnson

Galen M Martin

An electrical connector assembly has a frame member which is positioned on a housing and is movable between an terminal insertion position and a terminal lock position. The frame member has resilient fingers with extend into terminal receiving cavities of the housing to properly position and maintain the terminals in the terminal receiving cavities when the frame member is in the terminal lock position. The frame member has anti-rattle projections which cooperate with a panel when the assembly is mounted therein. The anti-rattle projections ensure that a positive electrical connection will be effected and maintained over time.

Panel mount electrical connector

An electrical header assembly (10) for use in automobiles is disclosed. The assembly (10) includes a housing (12) with terminal-receiving cavities (26) recessed in from a front face (62), terminals (18), a separate one piece latch (14) received in the housing (12) to retain the terminals (18) in the cavities (26) and a separate terminal position assurance member (16).

Diagnostic header assembly

An electrical connector assembly has a frame member which is positioned on a housing and is movable between an terminal insertion position and a terminal lock position. The frame member has resilient fingers with extend into terminal receiving cavities of the housing to properly position and maintain the terminals in the terminal receving cavities when the frame member is in the terminal lock position. The frame member has anti-rattle projections which cooperate with a panel when the assembly is mounted therein. The anti-rattle projections ensure that a positive electrical connection will be effected and maintained over time.

Electrical connector with secondary locking

A mounting device (40) for mounting electrical connectors (10) in a cut-out (32) in a panel (30) without using separate fastening members is disclosed. The mounting device (40) includes a rigid plate (70) attached to each of two opposite sides (22) of the connector (10) and a resilient wing attached to each side (22) in spaced relation to the plate (70) for receiving the panel (30) therein. Bosses (54) on the wings (42) enter windows (34) in the panel (30) to secure the electrical connector (10) in the panel (30).

Mounting device for electrical connectors

Housing assembly for components, such as Hall effect sensors, comprises an inner housing of premolded relatively firm plastic material and an outer housing which is overmolded on the inner housing. The components are contained in cavities in the inner housing. Passageways extend through the inner housing to the cavities and the soft overmolded material flows through these passageways and forms a surrounding cushion within the cavities for the components. Also disclosed is a system for mounting proximity sensors on an automotive door lock or the like in a manner which detects the fully closed and the partially closed conditions of the door.

Housing assembly for electronic components

A connector assembly for commonly connecting a plurality of wires comprises a stamped and formed one-piece electrical connecting device having a plurality of U-shaped members arranged in two parallel rows. The opposed edges of adjacent U-shaped members define wire-receiving slots. The U-shaped members have arms which have openings therein forming beams in each of the arms which are deformed in a controlled manner when wires are inserted into the slots. A housing assembly is also disclosed comprising a housing body and a cover. When the cover is assembled to the housing body, the wires are inserted into the slots and the wires are clamped by the cover and the housing body.

Electrical junction connector having wire-receiving slots

A sealed, filtered connector for establishing a disconnectable termination to two wires with a capacitor extending between the two terminals is disclosed. Each terminal has a first slotted or insulation displacement contact section facing outwardly with an intermediate slotted plate contact located between the first outwardly facing contact section and a pin receptacle located at the opposite end of the terminal. The terminals are positioned within a insulative housing having passages for receiving the pin receptacle portions and a cavity located at an opposite end. Sealant can be deposited within the cavity. The electrical termination with leads on a capacitor located within the housing is laterally offset from the insulation displacement contact with the wires and the pin receptacle is laterally offset from each slotted plate interconnection.

Sealed electrical connector employing insulation displacement terminals

An electrical connector assembly includes a mating receptacle and header. The receptacle includes contacts having beam members integral with and extending between a forward and rearward cylindrical portion. The beam members are formed in opposed pairs with constricted portions at different axial locations. The spacing between the opposed pairs of beams is less than the widths of the beams. The header includes rows of square posts for mating with the socket contacts, the rows of posts being axially offset from each other.

High density socket contact receptacle

Electrical connector assembly comprises a plug and a receptacle which has a plug receiving opening extending into its mating face. The plug has latch arms extending from its endwalls adjacent to the leading end of the plug. The latch arms extend divergently and have rearwardly facing shoulders intermediate the ends and handle portions extending from the shoulders to the free ends. Ears extend from the free ends towards the endwalls and are offset from the adjacent plug sidewall so that the latch arms can be flexed towards the plug endwalls for unlatching. The receptacle opening has shoulders therein for engagement with the plug shoulders.

Connector assembly having improved internal latching system

A removable strain relief for flat multi-conductor cable connectors is disclosed. The strain relief comprises a rigid body portion having at least two cable-retaining ears extending therefrom which engage openings in a flat cable inserted into the connector. Latching arms flexibly connected to the body portion ends engage latching shoulders on the connector housing endwalls and permit the strain relief to be inserted on or removed from the connector.

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Mechanicsburg, PA, United States of America

Earl J Hayes, Sr