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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
Delphi Technologies, Llc, Troy, MI (US);
Wesley W. Weber, Jr., Metamora, MI (US);
Jeffrey S. Campbell, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly includes an electrical-terminal, a housing, and a lock-reinforcement. The a housing defines a cavity configured to receive the electrical-terminal. The housing includes a locking-finger overlaying the electrical-terminal configured to lock the electrical-terminal within the cavity. The locking-finger has a rib protruding from the locking-finger having a first-surface and a second-surface. A tip of the locking-finger includes a locking-ramp projecting from the locking-finger configured to engage a perimeter-edge of a lock-slot defined by the electrical-terminal. The lock-reinforcement is disposed within the cavity and configured to slideably engage both the first-surface and the second-surface of the rib after the lock-reinforcement is moved from a pre-stage-position to a seated-position. The lock-reinforcement is configured to inhibit a buckling of the cantilevered locking-finger when a removal-force is applied to the electrical-terminal when the lock-reinforcement is in the seated-position, thereby inhibiting the locking-ramp from rotating within the lock-slot of the electrical-terminal.