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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:
J.s.t. Corporation, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rajit Abraham, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Franklin A. Holub, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
J.S.T. CORPORATION, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/40 (2006.01); H01R 13/436 (2006.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/4362 (2013.01); H01R 13/4361 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Terminal position assurance (TPA) member used in a connector, to make sure that a terminal is positioned properly. The TPA member has at least one locating/guide feature to provide proper guidance and to avoid an imbalance during engagement with a connector housing, and has at least one flexible feature to help retain the TPA member in a preset position and/or a final lock position.