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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2016
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
David Allen Klein, Kernersville, NC (US);
David Charles Strausser, Winston Salem, NC (US);
Kevin John Peterson, Kernersville, NC (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing that defines a cavity at a mating end. A terminal retention (TR) block is mounted to the housing within the cavity. The TR block defines multiple channels configured to receive contacts therein. The channels include deflectable retention latches configured to engage the contacts to retain the contacts in the channels. A terminal position assurance (TPA) clip is mounted to a distal end of the TR block within the cavity of the housing. The TPA clip is configured to block deflection of the retention latches to lock the contacts in the channels. The TPA clip has slots that align with the channels of the TR block and receive distal tips of the contacts therethrough. The slots have tapered lead-ins configured to guide the distal tips of the contacts from the channels into the slots.