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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Hermenegildo Altares Espiritu, Cerritos, CA (US);
Peter Joseph Hyzin, Lake Forest, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connector (10) that includes an insert (14) with contact-holding passages (16), is retained in a shell (12) by a pair of resilient sheet metal tines (30). The rear portion of the shell is provided with forwardly-facing shoulders (60) at the inside of the shell, and a pair of tines (30) are mounted on the insert. Each tine has a mount portion (40) fixed in the insert isolator (36), a first section (42) extending at a rearward (R) and outward (O) incline so the rear end (44) of the first section lies directly forward of the shoulder, and a second section (50) extending inwardly (I) from the rear end of the first section and having a tab (52) to enable inward deflection of the tine to release it from the shoulder. The tine generally lies in a cavity (46) at the rear of the insulator and at a side thereof, to enable a tool to be used to deflect the tab and release the insert.