Patent ID: 6270376
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal retainer comprising:a body having a front face and an opposite rear face, said body having a plurality of terminal cavities formed therethrough between said front and rear faces, wherein said plurality of terminal cavities are arranged in a predetermined pattern of pairs of adjacent terminal cavities; anda plurality of resilient locking fingers integrally connected with said front face and extending therefrom in an orientation generally parallel to said plurality of terminal cavities, wherein each locking finger of said plurality of locking fingers straddles a respective pair of adjacent terminal cavities;wherein each locking finger of said plurality of locking fingers comprises a pair of mutually spaced apart locking shoulders, wherein each locking shoulder of each locking finger is resiliently disposed into a respective terminal cavity of the terminal cavity pair straddled by the respective locking finger.