Patent ID: 9627824
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector and corresponding retaining device, for an electric cooling fan unit of a heat exchanger for a motor vehicle, wherein the connector comprises a substantially rigid body of elongate shape, with an input part forming a pair of adjacent passages for corresponding insulated electrical cables, said body having a base from which a pair of parallel transverse stems project; and wherein the retaining device comprises a base plate from which two facing sprung retaining elements extend, a retaining region adapted to receive said input part of the connector being formed between the retaining elements; said retaining elements being provided with respective retaining formations formed on distal ends thereof and capable of being spread apart by said input part of the connector when it is inserted into the retaining region, and of retaining said input part of the connector in said retaining region thereafter, and a pair of openings being formed in said base plate between said retaining elements, into which openings said transverse stems of the base of the connector are insertable; and wherein each sprung retaining element defines a step portion, the input part is supported on top surfaces of two step portions without contacting the base plate.