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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2006
Mark W. Smith, El Paso, TX (US);
Mark W. Smith, El Paso, TX (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrical connection system comprises a female connector having a plurality of female terminals, and a male connector having a plurality of male blade terminals having projecting portions that plug into the plurality of female terminals respectively when the female connector and the male connector are mated. The male blade terminals are staggered having a first population with their tips at a first relative position and a second population with their at a second different relative position so that the first tips and the second tips do not touch and fully engage the mating female terminals and the plurality of male blade terminals at the same time thereby lowering the peak engagement force required for mating the female connector and the male connector. In an alternative arrangement, the female terminals, rather than the male blade terminals are staggered.