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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2016
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Keith Edwin Miller, Manheim, PA (US);
John Anthony Fulponi, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Lawrence Se-Jun Oh, Hummelstown, PA (US);
John Louis McKibben, Dallastown, PA (US);
Dustin Carson Belack, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Lynn Robert Sipe, Mifflintown, PA (US);
Robert Mulfinger, York Haven, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector and system for connecting to a terminal post. The electrical connector includes a housing body, a contact and a locking release member. The housing body includes a post receiving passage for receiving the terminal post therein. The contact is provided in the post receiving passage and is positioned about the circumference of the post receiving passage. The contact will make an electrical engagement with a terminal post inserted into the post receiving passage regardless of the orientation of the terminal post with respect to the contact. The electrical connector which prevents the improper mating of the connector to the post, prevents unwanted rotation of the connector, provides a visual indication that the proper connection is secured and provides a secondary lock to ensure that unwanted unmating of the connector does not occur.