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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:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Yeomans, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3436 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3436 ;
Abstract
A TPA (terminal position assurance) member and connector combination in which the connector is specially configured to latch the TPA member at forward and rearward ends of the connector, the TPA member further being provided with mating locking structure so as to securely lock it at both ends to the connector. In a preferred form, one end of the TPA latching structure is provided with both pre-attachment and full locking structure which provides for a two-stage locking sequence giving both visual and tactile indications to the assembler as to the condition of the TPA.