Patent ID: 11876312
Assignee: CELLINK CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An assembly comprising:
a flexible interconnect circuit; and
a connector connected to the flexible interconnect circuit and comprising:
a base comprising:
a housing chamber defined by at least a bottom wall, and
an insertion cavity within the housing chamber and partially defined by an insertion ramp, wherein a first part of the flexible interconnect circuit comprising a front end protrudes into the insertion cavity; and

a terminal position assurance (TPA) device interfacing with the base, wherein:
the TPA device comprises a first set of pins and a second set of pins positioned on an interface surface of the TPA device,
the first set of pins has a smaller offset relative to the front end of the flexible interconnect circuit than the second set of pins,
the first set of pins pushes the first part of the flexible interconnect circuit against the insertion ramp and clamps the first part between the first set of pins and the insertion ramp, and
the second set of pins extends into the housing chamber pressing on a second part of the flexible interconnect circuit without protruding through the flexible interconnect circuit thereby urging a portion of the flexible interconnect circuit, extending between the first part and the second part into an arched configuration.