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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:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Randy L. Fink, Warren, OH (US);
Mike P. Cummings, Canfield, OH (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A female electrical connector (,) having a connector position assurance (CPA) component (,) which is permanently captured thereto. A female electrical connector includes a prestage CPA lock mechanism (,) composed of a lock seat (,) formed in a CPA component (,) interfaced with a torsional lock (,) of the female electrical connector. The torsional lock is composed of a prestage lock finger (,) having a lock boss (,), a prestage lock release finger (,) and a torsion pivot (,) connected with a slide assist cover (,) of the female electrical connector and joined with both the prestage lock finger and the prestage lock release finger. The lock boss is interferingly received in the lock seat while the slide assist cover is at a prestaged position, and the lock boss moved out of the lock seat responsive to the slide assist cover reaching a staged position.