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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1987
Alexander Hunt, III, Harrisburg, PA (US);
John M Myer, Lancaster, PA (US);
Charles R Rhoads, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Dennis E Smith, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly of terminals terminated to conductors of cables assures the retention of the terminals in the passageways of the housing by an insert member inserted into a transverse cavity at the cable-receiving face along one side of the cables of a row after the terminated terminals are fully inserted. The insert member has forwardly facing stop surfaces which engage rearwardly facing stop surfaces of annuli of the terminals at rearward ends thereof spaced away from the cable insulation. The terminals are preferably primarily retained in the passageways by conventional means so that the insert is a secondary retention means. The insert is secured such as by a pair of latch arms at ends thereof which latch to the housing when the insert's stop surfaces engage those of the terminals of the row. The terminal annuli can engage corresponding passageway wall portions in any angular direction to limit lateral movement in all directions and thus stabilize the terminal in axial alignment within the passageway in cooperation with the primary retention means forwardly thereof. The stabilization is present even in the absence of the insert member.