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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
James P. Cykon, Warren, OH (US);
Amala Garapati Lewis, Canfield, OH (US);
James P. Cykon, Warren, OH (US);
Amala Garapati Lewis, Canfield, OH (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an electrical connector including a housing defining a receptacle extending to an opening and a cavity block assembly retained in the receptacle. The cavity block assembly includes a base seated in the receptacle and a terminal inserter attached to the base and moveable in a terminal insertion direction from a pre-staged inserter position to a final inserter position. In an exemplary embodiment, a plurality of terminal passages extend in parallel through the base and terminal inserter. When the terminal inserter is in the pre-staged position, terminals may be inserted into the passages to a range of partially inserted positions with respect to the housing or to fully inserted positions. Preferably after all of the terminals are inserted, an urging force is applied to the terminal inserter causing it to move from the pre-staged position to the final position. Simultaneously, the terminal inserter biases any terminal that is located in the range of partially inserted positions to a fully inserted position.