Molex Corporation

Kevin C Benes

Stephen A Colleran

Paul Christopher Berg

Russell L Mackowiak

John O Higgins, Jr

Fred L Krehbiel

Robert J Gugelmeyer

Thomas G Premo

Richard Miklinski, Jr

Frederick J Gierut

Jeffrey J Pawlicki

Scott P Marceau

Harry N Etters

Alexander Popa

Frank L Geoghegan

Bruce Francis Smith

Theo Poll

Yves Le Pottier

Adam Pilecki

Kenneth Grambley

David R Kalal

David Richard Kalal

Chandrasekar Krishnaswamy

Robert Olson

A plug connector for cooperation with a socket connector () comprises a plug housing () having latch arms () with an end lug () for cooperation with an appropriate groove () in the socket connector (), and being formed with a pair of split cross ribs () forming a gap () therebetween. A CPA member () is provided for locking the connectors () when mated, and comprises a pair of locking legs () and a pair of spring arms (). The spring arms () each has a free end lug () and a nose () which projects inwardly so that, when the CPA member () and the plug connector () are in a pre-locked position, the nose () takes a short distance (d) to a support surface () of the connector housing (), and when there is a load well in excess of the mating a force onto the CPA member () in this condition, the noses () make a stop on the support surface () to keep the CPA member () in the pre-locked position. When there is an excessive force placed on the CPA member, the spring arms () may slip into the gaps () to prevent damaging of the CPA member ().

Plug connector

A short circuit electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a front mating end with an opening for receiving a complementary mating connector. The opening communicates with an interior cavity. A plurality of terminals are mounted in the housing and have contact portions in the cavity for engaging appropriate terminals of the mating connector. A shorting member has a retention section for securing the shorting member in the housing near the opening. An inclined section extends rearwardly from the retention section into the cavity for engagement by the mating connector. A contact section extends from the inclined section remote from the retention section for engaging at least a pair of the terminals in the absence of the mating connector.

Short circuit electrical connector

A filtered electrical connector assembly includes a dielectric housing mounting a plurality of terminals which include tail portions projecting from the housing. A filter component is mounted over the tail portions against the housing. A tail aligner is engageable with the housing and includes a plurality of holes through which the tail portions of the terminals extend. The tail aligner includes an anti-vibration portion for engaging the filter component to prevent the filter component from vibrating relative to the connector housing.

Filtered electrical connector with terminal tail aligner

An electrical terminal is provided for an electrically heated glass sheet. The terminal includes a base plate defining a central axis generally perpendicular thereto. The base plate is concentric about the axis to facilitate spin-soldering the terminal to a conductive pad on the glass sheet. A terminal post projects upwardly from the base plate for connection to an appropriate mating terminal. The terminal is a drawn, one-piece laminated structure including a base conductor layer and a solder layer.

Electrical terminal for glass sheets

A female electrical terminal has a contact end and a terminating end. The contact end includes a pair of opposing walls for receiving a male terminal therebetween. A flexible element is disposed in the contact end for pressing against the male terminal. The flexible element includes a mounting section with spaced wall portions juxtaposed inside the opposing walls of the contact end. Complementary interengaging latches are provided between the opposing walls and the spaced wall portions of the mounting section of the flexible element. An abutment is provided in the contact end to prevent inward collapsing of the spaced wall portions and, thereby, to maintain the latches in interengagement.

Female electrical terminal

A female terminal includes a bottom wall, and a pair of opposing side walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of the bottom wall. A hole is formed in each side wall near the top thereof. Top half walls extend inwardly from the tops of the side walls and define a seam therebetween. A spring contact element is located inside the seam and include lug portions engageable in the holes near the tops of the side walls to bias a male terminal into engagement with the bottom wall.

An electrical connector is provided for commonly connecting a plurality of conductors, such as insulated conductor wires. An insulating housing has a wire-receiving face, a base and generally parallel side walls extending between the base and the face, defining an elongated cavity therewithin. A strip of terminal devices is assembled in the elongated cavity. Each terminal device includes at least one insulation-displacement wire-terminating slot for reception of an insulated conductor wire. Wire-admitting slots are provided in each housing side wall aligned with the wire-terminating slots in the terminal devices. Each wire-admitting slot includes a first, wire-restraining section for temporarily holding an insulated conductor wire prior to insertion into the respective wire-terminating slot, and a second, wire-securing section for finally holding the insulated conductor wire when inserted into the wire-terminating slot. The terminal devices are joined in the strip by web portions structured to be readily broken to facilitate severing the strip of terminal devices at any location between any two adjacent devices. The housing includes access apertures through which the web portions can be broken from outside the housing.

Commoning electrical connector

An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a through axial passage for receiving therein an electrical terminal. A cover is hingedly connected to the housing for movement from an open position to a closed position, with the cover and the housing having respective juxtaposed walls bounding at least one lateral side of the passage when the cover is in its closed position. Complementary laterally engaging latches are provided between the juxtaposed walls to hold the cover in its closed position. The wall of the cover is juxtaposed inside the wall of the housing in a lateral direction. Therefore, lateral forces on the terminal biases the wall of the cover outwardly toward the wall of the housing to ensure engagement of the laterally engaging latches.

Electrical connector with hinged cover

An electrical connector is disclosed for mating with a dashboard mounted speedometer assembly that includes a housing with a plurality of terminal pins projecting therefrom. A plurality of elongated terminals each have a resiliently expandable socket portion at one end for receiving one of the terminal pins of the speedometer assembly, a terminating portion at the opposite end for interconnection with circuitry on a printed circuit board, and an intermediate portion between the ends. A dielectric housing has a mating face and a board mounting face with a plurality of through terminal-receiving passages extending between the faces. Each passage includes a cavity portion for receiving the socket portion for one of the terminals and an intermediate portion for receiving the intermediate portion of the terminal, with the terminating portion of the terminal projecting from the board mounting face of the housing. The cavity portion is sized to provide anti-overstress for the resiliently expandable socket portion of the terminal. A plurality of boardlock pegs project from the housing for insertion into mounting holes in the printed circuit board to mount the connector to the board. Each boardlock peg includes a guiding portion for guiding the peg into a respective one of the mounting holes in the printed circuit board, and a resilient latch portion for latching engagement with the board.

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Willowbrook, IL, United States of America

Kevin C Benes