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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1994
Paul D Cecil, Jr, Joliet, IL (US);
Lawrence E Geib, Bartlett, IL (US);
Anthony J Pill, Naperville, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing having a forward mating end and a rearward terminating end and at least one terminal-receiving cavity extending along an axis in a direction between the ends. A terminal is insertable into the cavity from the rearward terminating end of the housing. The terminal has a transversely enlarged portion located at a given axial position when the terminal is fully inserted into the cavity. A TPA device is engageable with the housing at the rearward terminating end thereof. The TPA device includes at least two parts interconnected for relative movement transversely of the axis between open and closed positions. The parts define a passage therebetween for receiving the terminal therethrough when the parts are in their open position. The parts are adapted to abut the enlarged portion of the terminal to prevent movement of the parts to their closed position in the event the terminal is not at least substantially inserted into the cavity and, thereby, indicating a condition of incomplete insertion of the terminal.