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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
May. 15, 2012
Michael Glick, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Reinhard Pusch, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David Menzies, Linden, MI (US);
Reshma Rathod, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Slobodan Pavlovic, Novi, MI (US);
Sheikh Habibur Rahman, Macomb, MI (US);
Michael Glick, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Reinhard Pusch, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
David Menzies, Linden, MI (US);
Reshma Rathod, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Slobodan Pavlovic, Novi, MI (US);
Sheikh Habibur Rahman, Macomb, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes an electrical terminal and a housing having a front end and a back end with an opening configured to receive the electrical terminal. The housing includes a first lock system configured to allow insertion of the electrical terminal into the housing and prohibit removal of the electrical terminal from the housing. It also includes a tapered surface and for guiding the electrical terminal to a desired position when the electrical terminal is inserted into the housing. A second lock system cooperates with the housing in a lock position for prohibiting removal of the electrical terminal from the housing. It also cooperates with the housing in a pre-lock position wherein a tapered surface of the second lock system is configured to cooperate with the tapered surface of the housing for guiding the electrical terminal to the desired position when the electrical terminal is inserted into the housing.