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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1995
Steven Zoltan Muzslay, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
ITT Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A contact position assurance device is provided that indicates incomplete installation of a contact and that also prevents loss of a fully installed contact. Contact-receiving passages (12, FIG. 3) are arranged in groups of three that are clustered about a group axis (84), and an assurance post (82) projects into a hole lying at the group axis and can engage a first tine (44A) lying at each passage. The first tine includes an arm (90) extending forwardly from a tine abutting part (70) that engages a contact shoulder (72). If the contact (40) has been fully installed, the post substantially abuts a radially outer surface of the arm. However, if the contact has not been fully installed, the post engages a front end (112) of the tine arm, which prevents full rearward insertion of the post.