Patent ID: 9293289
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H01H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An assembly comprising: an electric component having a pair of terminals each of the terminals having a lock surface; a housing having a housing body with backstops and locking arms, each of the locking arms having a fixed end fixed to the housing body and a free end that is movable relative to the housing body, the free end having a body lock surface that locks onto the lock surface of an associated one of the terminals when the electric component is fully inserted into the housing; and a cover coupled to the housing, the cover having a cover body, a pair of bosses extending from the cover body, and a pair of lock pins that extending from the cover body, the pair of bosses disposed between the lock pins, each boss abutting a shoulder of a corresponding one of the terminals such that a force applied to the cover is transmitted to the terminals, each of the lock pins being received between the backstops and an associated one of the free ends to thereby inhibit movement of the associated one of the free ends in a direction that permits the associated one of the free ends from disengaging its associated lock surface.