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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2013
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Andrew Joseph Jozwiak, El Paso, TX (US);
Grant Michael Wheeler, El Paso, TX (US);
Jesus R. Morales, Chihuahua, MX;
Brian Skolnik, Trenton, MI (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrical distribution center assembly having a connector including a plurality of terminals and a terminal stabilizer plate engaging the tips of the terminals to hold the terminals in position and resist bending prior to inserting a mating connector into the electrical distribution center assembly. The terminal stabilizer plate is held in a ready position by a releasable latch means until an axial force applied to the releasable latch means by the mating connector body exceeds a force threshold, whereby the terminal stabilizer plate is released from the ready position and is moved to a seated position. The releasable latch means may include a flexible beam or other resilient member to hold the terminal stabilizer plate in the ready position until it is released.