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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2022
Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Christian Perry Brandt, Middletown, PA (US);
John Wesley Hall, Harisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing having a cavity extending between a mating end and a cable end. The housing has contact channels extends along channel axes. The electrical connector includes a contact assembly received in the cavity having contacts received in the corresponding contact channels. Each contact has a retention feature. The electrical connector includes a TPA device received in the cavity that extends along an axis parallel to the channel axes. The TPA device includes locking lobes each configured to interface with the retention feature of the corresponding contact to hold the contact in the housing. The TPA device is rotatable about the axis relative to the housing between a clearance position and a blocking position. Each locking lobe interfaces with the corresponding retention feature in the blocking position.