Patent ID: 7048584
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector having a terminal disposed in a terminal receiving cavity of a connector body, the terminal having a rigid lock bar engaging a rigid lock nib that projects from a wall of the connector body inwardly into the terminal receiving cavity to retain the terminal in the terminal receiving cavity, wherein: the lock bar of the terminal has a wedge portion that digs into the lock nib of the terminal body responsive to a terminal pull-out force applied to the terminal when the terminal pull-out force exceeds a predetermined magnitude, the lock nib of the connector body has an angled surface that is engaged by the lock bar, the angled surface of the of the lock nib defines an acute angle with respect to the wall of the connector body, and the wedge portion of the lock bar defines an angle with respect to a bottom surface of the terminal that is less than the acute angle defined by the angled surface of the lock nib, the lock bar is attached to laterally spaced side walls of the terminals that have angled surfaces that are engageable with the angled surface of the lock nib, the angled surfaces of the side walls defining acute angles with respect to the bottom surface of the terminal that are substantially equal to the acute angle defined by the angled surface of the lock nib.