Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.a.r.l.

Aptiv Technologies Limited

Rene Lehmann

Vincent Regnier

Bartlomiej Siwek

Peter Nuetzel

Frank Odorfer

An electrical contact terminal for an electrical plug connector for a safety restraint system is made from a single piece of bent and cut sheet-metal. The electrical contact terminal includes a mating end, having at least one contact face adapted for electrically contacting a corresponding counter contact of a counter connector. The mating end defines a mating direction of the electrical contact terminal. The electrical contact terminal includes a mounting end, having a mounting face adapted for being electrically connected to a cable end of an electrical cable. The mounting end defines a cable extension direction of the electrical contact terminal. The electrical contact terminal includes a shorting clip portion and an anchor leg, including a first abutment face. The first abutment face is a cut face of the sheet metal a surface normal of the first abutment face faces in the cable extension direction.

Electrical contact terminal for an electrical plug connector for a safety restraint system

A connector assembly including a connector housing having a plug-in portion and two primary latching arms arranged on opposite sides of the plug-in portion. Secondary locking means are connected to the connector housing and movable relative to the connector housing from an open position to a locked position. The locking means includes blocking arms configured to block a release movement of the latching arms when the locking means is in its locked position. The secondary locking means has two separate locking members each of which is connected to one of the primary latching arms to block a release movement of the assigned latching arm. Each of the two separate locking members is configured to be independently moveable between the open position and the locked position. Each locking member comprise actuating release handles to allow an un-latching of the actuating arms. The release handles are arranged adjacent to each other.

Connector assembly with dual secondary lock

The invention relates to a grounding clip for an airbag ignition system adapted to be mounted to an airbag retainer insert. The clip comprises a first grounding contact in form of a spring tongue adapted to contact a grounding contact of a squib connector and a second grounding contact adapted to contact an electroconductive part of an airbag squib. The clip comprises a flat base connecting the first and second grounding contacts with each other, wherein the spring tongue has a straight portion that extends perpendicular from the flat base and wherein the free end of the spring tongue comprises a bent portion that is not perpendicular to the base.

Grounding clip for an airbag ignition system

A plug connector suitable for use as an airbag squib connector is presented. The plug connector includes a connector housing, having a plug-in portion and at least one female contact terminal that is arranged at least partially in the plug-in portion. The plug connector further includes a grounding contact, having an intermediate section and a contact section formed from sheet metal. The sections have respective main surfaces and circumferential edges. The contact section is configured to electrically contact a corresponding grounding contact of a counter-connector. The intermediate section branches off from the contact section. The main surfaces of the intermediate section and the contact section are parallel to the mating direction.

Electrical plug connector

The present invention relates to a connector assembly for airbag restraint systems. The connector assembly comprises a connector housing and secondary locking means assigned to the connector housing. The secondary locking means is arranged movable relative to the connector housing and can be moved from an open position to a locked position. Further the secondary locking means comprises two separate locking members wherein each of the two separate locking members is configured to be independently movable.

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Fuerth, Germany

Rene Lehmann