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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2024
Glenair, Inc., Glendale, CA (US);
Daniel McLean Mitchell, Lake Forest, CA (US);
G. W. Stewart Clark, Cobourg, CA;
Bryan N. Samowitz, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mehrdad Ghara, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Guido Hunziker, Altadena, CA (US);
GLENAIR, INC., Glendale, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body, electrical connector contacts mounted in the connector body, and electrical wire contacts attached to wires of an electrical cable. Rear ends of the connector contacts (either contact pins or sockets) engage front ends of the wire contacts (either contact sockets or pins). A head of each contact pins is wider than its shaft resulting in a protruding edge. Each contact socket receives the corresponding contact pin. At least one resilient retaining member extends obliquely into and at least partly across each contact socket away from its open end and is deflected laterally as the contact pin is inserted into the contact socket. Upon full insertion the retaining member presses laterally against the shaft and a distal edge of the retaining member obstructs withdrawal of the contact pin from the contact socket by engaging the protruding edge.