Patent ID: 7048581

Claim:
A connector having a hollow interior adapted to receive an electrical terminal having a cylindrical body, the connector comprising; an opening formed in the connector to admit the terminal; a lance resiliently disposed on the connector to flex outwardly where the terminal is inserted into the connector and to lock the terminal within the hollow interior; parallel slots formed in opposite exterior surfaces of the connector; a terminal position assurance (TPA) component disposable on the connector in two stable positions the TPA component comprising a base portion with spaced apart parallel side walls disposed in laterally adjustable contacting relationship with the slots in the connector; said TPA component having a stabilizer portion which, in a first position of the TPA component relative to the connector, is in spaced relationship to the cylindrical body of the terminal and which, in a second position relative to the connector, lies in conforming and contacting engagement with the cylindrical body to stabilize the body against rocking movement while permitting rotation thereof about its own longitudinal axis of symmetry, wherein the stabilizer portion has formed an integral resiliently cantilevered relationship to the TPA component base and exhibits a shallow cylindrical inner surface which comes into contact with the cylindrical terminal body when the TPA component is laced in the second position.