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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:
Aug. 04, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1986
Ronnalee House, Anderson, IN (US);
Roger W Kellams, Anderson, IN (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An overmolded electrical connector in which a flexible spring finger contact is encased in a rigid plastic material in such a manner that the spring finger is not restrained from flexing by the rigid plastic material. The connector comprises an assembly that includes a terminal block, a cover and a terminal that has the flexible spring finger. The terminal is assembled to the terminal block such that the spring finger is located in a cavity in the block. The cover is now attached to the block and the assembly is overmolded by injection molding apparatus. The cover and block have a cooperating tongue and groove to prevent molding material from entering the cavity that contains the spring finger. The cover has crush ribs that engage a tab portion of the terminal that extends from the cavity to a point exterior of the assembly.