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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
John R. Morello, Warren, OH (US);
James M. Rainey, Warren, OH (US);
Gerald A. Rhinehart, Jr., Lordstown, OH (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector system including a first connector having a lock nib extending from a floor into a terminal cavity and a flexible member overlying the floor. The beam has two terminal hold down bumps extending into the terminal receiving cavity. The electrical connector system also includes a terminal having a lock edge. The terminal is received in the terminal cavity such that the hold down bumps engage a top surface of the terminal, applying a force that biases the terminal towards the rigid floor. The lock nib engages the lock edge, thereby preventing the terminal from being inadvertently withdrawn from the terminal cavity. A second connector defines a shroud into which a portion of the first connector is inserted, wherein the beam compressively contacts an inner surface of the second connector further increasing the force applied to the terminal. The connectors may be formed by an additive manufacturing process.