Patent ID: 6827609
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:a housing having at least one terminal receiving cavity extending from a rear wire entry to a front face of said housing, said housing having a front latching member extending forwardly adjacent to said front face, said front latching member having a front leading end; a terminal positioning assurance member slidably receivable over said front face of said housing, said terminal positioning assurance member including a rearwardly facing, flexible latch member having a rearwardly facing stop surface aligned with said front leading end of said front latch member; and an electrical terminal member receivable into said terminal receiving cavity, said electrical terminal having a raised projection which is profiled for engaging and biasing outwardly, said rearwardly facing stop surface of said flexible latch member; said terminal positioning assurance member being held in a pre-assembled position where said rearwardly facing stop surface of said flexible latch member abuts said front leading end of said front latch member, until said terminal is inserted into said cavity to a position where said raised projection deflects said flexible latch member, and said flexible latch passes over, and locks behind said front latching member in a fully assembled position.