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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1991
Steven B Bogiel, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Mark M Data, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Robert DeRoss, Naperville, IL (US);
David M Skowronski, Naperville, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is provided with a dielectric housing having a forward mating end and a rear terminating end. The forward mating end has at least one terminal receiving cavity. A terminal is received in the cavity for connection to a complementary terminal of an appropriate mating connector when the mating connector is coupled to the mating end of the housing. The terminal is terminated to a conductor projecting from the rear terminating end of the housing. The rear end of the housing is provided substantially entirely by a pair of clam-shell members movably mounted on the forward end of the housing for movement between an open condition to allow the terminal easily to be inserted into the cavity and a closed condition securely encapsulating the inserted terminal. Complementary interengaging retaining portions are provided on the terminal and at least one of the clam-shell members for holding the terminal in the cavity when the clam-shell members are in their closed condition. Complementary interengaging latches are provided between the clam-shell members for latching the clam-shell members in their closed condition.