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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:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bobby Gene Ward, King, NC (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439465 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly is provided having a plurality of terminal receiving cavities for housing a plurality of terminals connected to conductors. The terminals are held in the cavities by primary latches which are reinforced by projections on a shroud which extend behind the primary latches. The shroud provides wire dressing and strain relief for the conductors while providing a terminal position assurance function and secondary locking for the terminals.