Yazaki Corporation

Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Paul Douglas Schryer

Douglas Hughson

An electrical connector,for drop-in connection of an electronic module,(such as an audio speaker assembly) having at least two lead wires,, to a flex circuit,having a like number of circuit traces,arranged on a mounting surface,, comprising: (1) an electrically insulative body,having generally opposed first and second major surfaces,; and (2) at least two electrically conductive, generally elongate biasing members,disposed within the body, each biasing member having first and second ends,and a contact region,proximate the second end, wherein each first end,is exposed through the first major surface,and is adapted for attachment to one of the lead wires,, and wherein each contact region,extends outward from the second major surface,such that each contact region may be resiliently deflected inward toward the second major surface.

Self-docking electrical connector

An eyelet terminal is secured to the surface of a grounding member by a resilient plastic retainer passing through the eyelet and through a hole in the member. The eyelet has an annular sleeve which fits inside the hole in the member and a plurality of fingers extending radially outward from the sleeve to contact the surface of the member. After the eyelet is so positioned, the retainer is pushed through the sleeve to urge the fingers into planar contact with the surface. The retainer has a resiliently deformable flange at its lower end which is compressed inwardly as it passes through the sleeve and expands outwardly again on the opposite side of the sleeve and member, and a cap at its upper end which fits over the fingers of the eyelet to protect against contamination. The fingers are canted downwardly out of the plane of the sleeve as they extend away from the sleeve, so that the tips of the fingers contact the surface of the member first as the sleeve is inserted into the hole and scrape against the surface when they are flattened by insertion of the retainer.

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Paul Douglas Schryer