Latch-free housing for electrical terminals
First Claim
1. A connector assembly containing a dielectric housing with multiple terminal receiving channels, each channel having a front and rear opening to the exterior at opposite ends of the housing, an electrical terminal occupying each channel, the front opening of each channel being large enough to accommodate an electrically conductive pin but small enough to prevent egress of the terminal, the rear opening being covered by a closing member formed by fracturing a portion of the housing adjacent to the rear opening, the closing member containing an aperture sufficient to provide access for a conductive wire attached to each terminal, the housing being encapsulated within a dielectric plastic so that the end of the housing containing the rear opening and the closing member together with the conductive wires are sealed from the external environment.
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Abstract
Connector assembly having a housing with multiple terminal receiving channels therein, each channel open at one end and closed at the other end with apertured closing members, conductive wires having access to the terminals through the aperture. The housing, and conductive wires are encapsulated within a dielectric plastic.
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10 Claims
- 1. A connector assembly containing a dielectric housing with multiple terminal receiving channels, each channel having a front and rear opening to the exterior at opposite ends of the housing, an electrical terminal occupying each channel, the front opening of each channel being large enough to accommodate an electrically conductive pin but small enough to prevent egress of the terminal, the rear opening being covered by a closing member formed by fracturing a portion of the housing adjacent to the rear opening, the closing member containing an aperture sufficient to provide access for a conductive wire attached to each terminal, the housing being encapsulated within a dielectric plastic so that the end of the housing containing the rear opening and the closing member together with the conductive wires are sealed from the external environment.
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9. A connector assembly comprising a dielectric housing containing multiple elongated terminal receiving channels from a front to a rear of the housing, each channel containing an electrical terminal capable of receiving an electrically conductive pin at a first end and a wire conductor from a cable assembly at a second end, the first end of the terminal being blocked from egress from the front of the housing by a stop in the channel, the second end being blocked from egress from the rear of the housing by a pair of flaps hinged on a fracture zone of the housing located on opposite sides of the rear of the housing, each flap having opposed U-shaped openings which in the closed position form an aperture for receiving the wire conductors;
- and the housing, the wire conductors and cable being encapsulated within a dielectric plastic to seal the terminals within the housing, permitting access to the terminals solely by electrically conductive pins through the front of the housing.
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Specification
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Current AssigneeBerg Technology, Inc.
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Original AssigneeE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Corteva, Inc.)
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InventorsLeisey, Donald R., Jagen, Paul R.
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Primary Examiner(s)Weidenfeld, Gil
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Assistant Examiner(s)Paumen, Gary F.
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Application NumberUS06/445,165Time in Patent Office2,031 DaysField of Search339/14 L, 339/102 R, 339/220 R, 339/59 R, 339/59 M, 339/218 R, 339/218 M, 439/605, 439/736, 439/733, 439/595, 439/602, 439/98, 439/99US Class Current439/595CPC Class CodesH01R 13/422 Securing in resilient one-p...
