Patent ID: 6106340
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector including:housing having multiple rows of cavities extending from a rear end to a mating end;terminals insertable into the cavities through the rear end of the housing;housing latches in the cavities for securing the terminals in the housing; an auxiliary locking member securing the terminals in the housing, the auxiliary locking member comprising a body having peripheral walls with a plurality of deflectable tongues, some of said tongues extending from the peripheral walls at the top and the bottom of the body, the other tongues extending from at least one internal rib parallel to the peripheral walls from which some of said deflectable tongues extend, each tongue comprising a single member extending substantially completely between opposite side peripheral walls, the auxiliary locking member being shiftable between a prelatched position, in which the tongues are positioned to permit insertion of terminals through the body into the cavities and a latched position in which the tongues are deflected inwardly behind the terminals to prevent removal of the terminals from the cavities.