Patent ID: 7780486

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a terminal body, said terminal body defining at least two openings therein; electrical terminals each positioned in each of the at least two openings defined by said terminal body, each of said electrical terminals having at least a crimp section that extends beyond an end of said terminal body; and at least one separator fin extending from the end of said terminal body beyond the crimp sections of the electrical terminals, said separator fin being located between the at least two openings so that said separator fin defines a structure that is closed on an inner side to physically separate the crimp sections of the electrical terminals and open on an outer side so that the crimp sections of the electrical terminals are exposed; wherein the at least two openings in said terminal body comprise at least a center opening and a plurality of perimeter openings arranged around the center opening when viewed with respect to the end of said terminal body, and wherein the at least one separator fin comprises three separator fins, each of which separator fins extends from the end of said terminal body so that a separator fin is located between adjacent ones of the perimeter openings in said terminal body, said separator fins being joined together so that they define a central opening that is generally aligned with the center opening defined in said terminal body, said separator fins extending generally radially outwardly from the central opening so that any two adjacent separator fins define the structure having the closed inner side and the open outer side; and wherein each of the openings in said terminal body further comprises a tapered portion and wherein each of said electrical terminals comprises a tapered section sized to engage the tapered portion provided in the openings.