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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:
Mar. 06, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
John R Metzger, Cortland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439352 ; 439353 ; 439533 ; 439550 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector comprises a male connector body having a rigid cantilevered lock arm which slides into a track portion of a female connector body. The female connector body as a flexible internal latch arm which has a lock projection which engages in a window of the rigid lock arm to lock the connector bodies together. A connector position assurance device slides into a gauge slot of the female connector body only if the connector bodies are properly engaged and the internal flexible latch arm is fully engaged in the window of the rigid lock arm.