Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

John R Morello

Daniel H Huff

Frank T Neale

James A Okrucky

Edward M Bungo

William G Strang

Thomas Gilbert Morello

Michael John Reitz

James Thomas Stocz

Rolf Grubingo

Thomas R Nichols

Doru Matei

An electrical connector includes a connector body with a plurality of terminal receiving cavities formed therein. Each terminal receiving cavity is defined in part by a rigid floor and opposed upright walls. A rigid lock nib extends upwardly from the rigid floor into the terminal receiving cavity. A flexible beam opposes the rigid floor, and preferably includes a terminal hold down bump extending towards the rigid floor at a location generally opposite the rigid lock nib. The connector body is constructed and arranged for receiving a female terminal in each of the terminal receiving cavities. The female terminal may include a first and second end, and a body portion therebetween. The first end is open to receive a male terminal and the second end is constructed for attachment to a wire. The body portion includes a recess or aperture formed therein, defined in part by a rigid lock edge engaging a portion of the rigid lock nib.

Connector with a flexible beam for holding a terminal down and in

The invention includes a single-piece clip for securing an article(s) to a panel having a hole formed therein. The clip includes a tape bar having a slot formed in the bar and at least one portion of the bar for securing to the article such as a wire harness by taping or other suitable means. The clip also includes a stem extending through the slot and having an insertion head at one end for inserting through the hole in a panel and engaging the rear face of the panel. A first set of wings extend outwardly from the stem at a location below the insertion head and above a top surface of the tape bar. A second set of wings extend outwardly from the stem at one end of the stem and below a bottom face of the tape bar. Both sets of wings have a breadth sufficient to prevent the wings from being pulled or pushed through the slot formed in the tape bar.

Tolerance clip

An electrical connector assembly comprising a connector housing made from an electrically insulating material and containing a plurality of metal terminals having a forward portion and an abutment extending transversely thereof between their ends, and a low profile metal bus plate comprising a base having a plurality of laterally spaced upstruck tangs which cooperably engage the terminals to both electrically connect the terminals to the bus plate and provide a lock to prevent reverse movement of the terminals from the housing.

Electrical connector assembly having a terminal locking bussing plate

A two piece male terminal having a contact member and an attachment member. The contact member has a round solid pin at its forward end portion, an integral collar defining a radially extending abutment at its midportion and a round clamping portion behind the collar and a flattened rearward end portion. The attachment member has an attachment portion at its forward end portion that is tightly clamped around the clamping portion of the contact member and a cable attachment means at the rearward end portion which receives the flattened rearward end portion of the contact member so that the flattened end portion engages the cable at its core when the two piece terminal is attached to the cable. In addition, the clamping portion of the contact member is swedged to define a post extending radially outwardly of the outer surface of the clamping portion and the attachment member has a slot which receives the post when it is rolled onto the clamping portion. The post is coined to define a flange which engages the attachment member at locations surrounding the slot to securely retain the attachment member to the contact member.

Two piece male pin terminal

Electric cables are passed through a hole in a transmission housing that is filled with transmission fluid by means of a sealed electrical connector system that comprises a sealed 'pass through' electrical connector that is mounted in the hole of the transmission housing and an external mating connector. The pass through connector includes an insert that cooperates with solid metal pins of specially designed two-piece male terminals to seal the mating end of the pass through connector. The insert also serves as a secondary lock to insure that the male terminals are retained in the terminal cavities. The external mating connector also has an insert that has the same secondary lock feature to retain female terminals in its terminal cavities.

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Lake Milton, OH, United States of America

John R Morello