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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2006
James D. Daugherty, Brookfield, OH (US);
William G Strang, Warren, OH (US);
Michael Bashkin, Solon, OH (US);
James D. Daugherty, Brookfield, OH (US);
William G Strang, Warren, OH (US);
Michael Bashkin, Solon, OH (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A stagable electrical connector and method of assembly has a housing and a shuttle that moves with respect to the housing from a staged position to an assembled position. An electrically conductive terminal snap fits to the shuttle when in the staged position and generally does not move with respect to the shuttle as the shuttle is then moved from the staged position to the assembled position that further secures the terminal to the shuttle. Preferably, a one-way coupler is carried between the shuttle and the housing to strongly resist withdrawal of the shuttle from the housing as the terminal is snap fitted to the shuttle. During snap fitting of the terminal, a flex beam of the shuttle is free to move giving way to the terminal and resiliently flexing back when the terminal is fitted to the shuttle. Rearward movement of the shuttle with respect to the housing places a distal catch end of the flex beam snugly between a reinforcement structure of the housing and the terminal preventing flexing of the flex beam and further securing the terminal to the shuttle.