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Electric connector

  • US 5,338,219 A
  • Filed: 07/06/1993
  • Issued: 08/16/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electric connector assembly including:

  • a first connector having a housing with terminals mounted therein;

    a second connector having a housing, mateable with said first connector, with terminals mounted therein for mating engagement with the terminals of the first connector,latch means formed on the first connector housing and interengaging latch means formed on said second connector housing, both the latch means and interengaging latch means cooperating with each other to selectively latch said connectors together in a mating relationship,the improvement comprising;

    said second connector housing being chosen from a plurality of different housings distinguished from one another in that each respective interengaging latch means of one different housing is different from the interengaging latch means of another different housing, each of said second connector interengaging latch means of said different housings cooperating with the latch means of the first connector housing;

    said first connector housing being female and said second connector housing being male with walls of the male connector housing adapted to extend within walls of the female connector housing;

    said female connector housing having latch means in the form of both an aperture formed in one of the walls and at least one locking projection formed on one of the walls and said male connector being chosen from two different housings distinguishable from one another in that one housing has interengaging latch means in the form of a latching projection with front and rear slopes adapted to be removably held in said female connector housing aperture and that the other housing has a longitudinal pivoting arm adapted to lock onto the female connector housing locking projection;

    a slot being cut into the wall of the female housing through an edge of the aperture to increase the flexibility of the aperture to allow it to more easily flex when in contact with the latch projection; and

    said aperture being located between a multiple of locking projections.

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