Patent ID: 8298022
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A male connector comprising: a male housing having at least one forwardly open tube; a male terminal fitting mounted in the male housing, the male terminal fitting having a pin projecting into the tube, the pin being spaced in from the tube by a distance selected to prevent inserting a finger between the tube and the pin, the pin having a front end in the tube, a head adjacent the front end and having a first diameter, a groove rearward of and adjacent to the head and having a second diameter less than the first diameter and a shaft rearward of and adjacent to the groove and having a third diameter greater than the second diameter; and an insulating coating molded on the front end of the pin, the insulating coating covering the head and filling the groove so that the portion of the insulating coating in the groove prevents separation of the insulating coating from the head.