Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Stacy Ann Brussalis

Aaron Dillon Monroe

Joseph Howard Gladd

Raymond J Blasko

Jeffrey W Heston

Andrew John Kocjan

Stewart L Yang

A first electrical insulation substrate having a pin and a second electrical insulation substrate having a hole formed therethrough for receiving the pin is provided. The pin is designed to control and limit the flow of the pin material to an upper portion of the pin during a cold forming process to avoid cracking the pin. This is accomplished by making a lower portion of the pin resistant to flow and the upper portion of the pin susceptible to flow. The lower portion of the pin may have a greater cross sectional area than the upper portion thus making the lower portion resistant to flow and the upper portion of the pin susceptible to flow.

Swage lock for coupling substrates together

The invention includes an electrical distribution center for including a two-piece main insulation assembly, Stamped male blade or tuning fork terminals are press-fit between the two-piece main insulation assembly, The upper half of the two-piece insulation assembly has a top surface including a plurality of terminal stations and guide stations that are raised and separated from each other so as to provide a network of wire channels that communicate with wire passages, The terminal stations have terminal slots that extend through the upper half of the main insulation assembly to intersect the wire passages, The bottom surface of the lower half of the two-piece insulation assembly is configured in a similar fashion as the top base of the upper portion of the two-piece insulation assembly,

Electrical distribution center with two-piece insulation assembly

An electrical connector comprising matable electrical plug and socket connectors includes a primary lock for locking the electrical connectors in a fully mated position and a connector position assurance device for assuring that the electrical connectors are fully mated. The connector position assurance device is slideably mounted on the electrical socket connector and includes a resilient lock arm that cooperates with a lock projection of the electrical plug connector to provide a redundant primary lock if the electrical connectors are fully mated. When the electrical connectors are partially mated the connector position assurance device will either fully mate the electrical connectors and lock them together or push them apart depending upon the degree of partial mating.

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Niles, OH, United States of America

Stacy Ann Brussalis