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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:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard V Landries, Warren, OH (US);
Bradley A Shattuck, Warren, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439746 ; 439749 ;
Abstract
A pin grip terminal is disposed in a connector body for engaging a pin contact. The pin grip terminal comprises an elongated base having a concave contact area and a cantilever spring arm which is integrally attached the elongated base by a reverse bend so that the cantilever spring arm confronts the contact area. the cantilever spring arm has a slit which divides the cantilever spring arm into a contact grip for engaging the pin contact and biasing it against the contact area and an elongated lock tang for retaining the pin grip terminal in the connector body.