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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Molex, Llc, Lisle, IL (US);
Kirk B. Peloza, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael Rowlands, Naperville, IL (US);
Daniel Tillotson, Wheaton, IL (US);
Eric Scharping, Naperville, IL (US);
Jeanine Madison, Romeoville, IL (US);
Adam Stanczak, Oak Park, IL (US);
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector includes a housing with a plurality of electrically conductive terminals therein. Some terminals may include a terminal support projection that engages the housing to maintain the position of a contact section of the terminals relative to the housing. Others terminals may have a tool engaging shoulder configured to be engaged by a tool to force press-fit tails of all of the terminals into a circuit member. The housing may include a locking structure for certain the terminals that permits the terminals to be inserted into the housing with little or no force and then securely lock the terminals in the housing. One or more ground plates may be included for electrically connecting a plurality of the terminals. The ground plates may have resilient tabs that contact at least some of the terminals and the tabs may be thinner than a body portion of the ground plate.