Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Matthias Jürgen Raithel

Hans Kieninger

Andreas Wyderka

A clip unit () that holds an electrical contact () in a passageway () of a connector frame (), is of small cost and small length and can be installed using a small force, and provides the functions of centering a location along the contact within the passageway and preventing rearward movement of the contact along the passageway. The unit includes front and rear ring-shaped clip elements () that each has a slot () that is expanded to mount the unit in a neck () of the contact. A contact with the unit installed is pushed forwardly along the passageway until the front clip element encounters a constriction () in the passageway which compresses the diameter of the front clip element until it moves forward of the constriction and then expands. Thereafter, a rear end () of the front element abuts the constriction while a front end of the front element abuts a collar () of the contact to prevent rearward movement of the contact. After installation, the rear element lies within the frame constriction and centers the neck within the constriction.

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Waiblingen, Germany

Matthias Jürgen Raithel